The Iranian military announced on Monday that it was halting its offensive operations against Israel after a day of reciprocal missile exchanges.

The Tehran regime's joint command said "much more severe and crushing measures than before will follow" if Israel or its allies carry out any further "aggression and hostile acts," including in southern Lebanon.

The traded missile fire marked the most serious confrontation since a ceasefire took effect in April.

Trump demands stop to Israel-Iranian attacks
US President Donald Trump has demanded an immediate cessation of the renewed hostilities between Israel and Iran after the two countries began exchanging missile fire again.

"Israel and Iran must immediately stop 'shooting,'" Trump wrote on social media.

He said Iran and Israel wanted a ceasefire and that peace negotiations were ongoing, "subject to ignorance or stupidity" getting in the way.

The statements come after a phone interview with the Financial Times in which Trump claimed that he "calls the shots" in the conflict in the Middle East, not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Furthermore, an Israeli official said on Monday that Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, the head of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), had been in contact with the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) twice in the past 24 hours.

"Over the past day, the IDF chief of the general staff has spoken twice to the commander of CENTCOM and they are discussing the situation," the official said, without elaborating.

Israel appears to have ignored requests from Washington in an overnight phone call not to launch retaliatory strikes against Iran, according to media reports.