Officials see a return to full-blown war as preferable to an agreement that fails to curb the threats Iran poses to Israel. Meanwhile, they wait.

Israel and Iran appeared to back away from further strikes Monday, hours after they traded fire for the first time since the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. Both countries warned that they were ready to launch retaliatory attacks if provoked.

Israel and Iran were firing missiles at each other Monday, endangering the shaky truce that's been in place as well as talks on a deal to end the fighting.

Israel has halted attacks on Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, stopping short of acknowledging a ceasefire that US President Donald Trump said the countries were aiming for.

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During the recent Iran War, the American and Israeli forces that attacked Iran had friends and allies inside Iran. These were the decades-old and loosely associated group of Iranians who worked for Israel as part of a long-range effort to destroy the current religious dictatorship and replace it with a democracy or even the Pahlavi monarchy the Islamic Ayatollahs displaced.

In Lebanon, Israel and Hezbollah renewed their truce after the conflict threatened the US-Iran agreement. Follow live updates.

Vance said Israeli leaders shouldn't attack "the only powerful ally" it has "left in the entire world"

The Middle East conflict has entered another dangerous phase after Iran announced it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz and launched missile and drone attacks on US military facilities in Bahrain,