Iran says “actions against Israel have ended.”

Iran has said its missile strike on Israel has ended and will not be resumed unless Tehran is forced to act again amid growing fears of a wider regional conflict.

On October 1, Tehran launched a massive ballistic missile attack on Israel, its largest to date, in response to a campaign launched by Israel in southern Lebanon against the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. The Iranian strike prompted warnings of countermeasures from Israel and its main ally, the United States.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a post on X that the attack was aimed “solely at military and security targets” involved in what he said was Israel's “genocide in Gaza and Lebanon” and was carried out by Iran in “self-defense, in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Statute.”
“Our actions are complete unless the Israeli regime decides to provoke further retaliation. In this case, our response will be stronger and more powerful,” Araqchi said.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps earlier said the missile attack was in response to Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week.

Hezbollah is both an armed group and a political party that controls most of southern Lebanon. The United States considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization, although the European Union has only blacklisted its armed wing.

Israeli air defenses intercepted most of the approximately 180 rockets fired, military officer Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said, although some fell in central and southern Israel. About an hour after the attack, he said it was safe for Israelis to leave their bomb shelters.
While the UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on the Middle East for October 2, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the attack a “big mistake” and said Tehran would “pay for it.” He added: “We attack those who attack us.”

US President Joe Biden said he would discuss the response with Netanyahu. Asked what it would be like, Biden said: “It's being actively discussed right now. Let's see”.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sharply criticized, in his words, “disappointing
“a serious act of aggression” from Iran, and Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told the media that the attack would have “serious consequences.”
World leaders called on Iran and Israel to step back “from the brink” and negotiate a ceasefire.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the “expanding conflict in the Middle East.”

“This has to stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire,” he said.

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell also called for an immediate ceasefire and “strongly” condemned the Iranian strike, while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the attack was “completely unacceptable and must be condemned by the entire world.”

On October 1, the Israeli military said it had carried out “targeted and precise” raids inside Lebanon in what it called a “limited ground invasion” that began overnight, adding that its troops had engaged in “heavy fighting” with Hezbollah.

In recent weeks, Israel has carried out airstrikes against Hezbollah, killing its leader Hassan Nasrallah, as well as several other commanders of the group.