US launches fresh strikes on Iran: Tehran had ‘chance to honor the ceasefire but elected not to’

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.

Trump warns US may be ‘forced to militarily complete the job’ in Iran after new strikes

US President Donald Trump confirms that the US military struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites for violating a US-Iran ceasefire agreement.

“There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,” Trump writes on Truth Social.

“If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist.”

US defense official tells media latest strikes on Iran are complete

Citing a US defense official, Fox News reports that the latest US strikes on Iranian targets are complete.

The US had said that it launched the strikes “in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping” after a Panama-flagged tanker was attacked by an Iranian drone early on Saturday.

In Iran, state broadcaster IRIB says that explosions were heard in Sirik in southern Iran, without providing further details.

House minority leader Jeffries congratulates anti-Israel primary winners who refused to endorse him

US Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the House minority leader, congratulates recent winners of New York Democratic party primaries, despite two of the candidates declining to support him as a potential House speaker.

Jeffries’ statement congratulates Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez, Brad Lander and Micah Lasher, who all won Democratic party primaries in New York City this week.

All are expected to win seats in Congress in the general election in their Democratic-majority districts.

“From public servants to union organizers to community activists, the path is different but the work is the same,” Jeffries says in a statement. “We must decisively address the affordability crisis and crush far-right extremism.”

Congratulations to our newest members of the NYC congressional delegation.

From public servants to union organizers to community activists, the path is different but the work is the same.

We must decisively address the affordability crisis and crush far-right extremism! pic.twitter.com/f4XC6dpX7q

— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) June 27, 2026

In each election, Israel was a central issue. Chevalier and Valdez are aligned with anti-Zionist ideology, while Lander is Jewish and defines himself as a “liberal Zionist” but also harshly critical of Israel.

Jeffries, as House minority leader, regularly welcomes new party members to the House, but the congratulatory statement is complicated by political circumstances.

Chevalier defeated incumbent Adriano Espaillat and Lander beat incumbent Dan Goldman. Jeffries had endorsed Espaillat and Goldman.

Chevalier and Valdez, both members of the far left Democratic Socialists of America, have declined to endorse Jeffries as majority leader if Democrats take back the House.

Their refusal to endorse Jeffries highlights the tense relationship between the DSA and more moderate Democrats.

At an election night party for Valdez, attendees chanted, “You’re next,” at Jeffries when he appeared on a screen at the event.

Mainstream Jewish leaders have lined up behind Jeffries amid threats against his leadership from the DSA.

Jeffries has supported Israel’s existence as a Jewish and Democratic state and backed US security assistance to Israel.

He has also been harshly critical of the war in Gaza, saying last year that “the starvation and death of Palestinian children and civilians in an ongoing war zone is unacceptable.”

Those positions put him in line with Democratic Party moderates, while the insurgent DSA is more in line with far left anti-Zionism.

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CENTCOM confirms fresh US strikes: Iran had ‘chance to honor the ceasefire but elected not to’

US Central Command, which oversees American military forces in the Middle East, confirms launching fresh strikes on Iran after it attacked a commercial oil tanker with a drone.

In a statement, CENTCOM says Iran had been “given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to” by attacking the ship, which followed US strikes in response to a previous Iranian attack.

CENTCOM says the latest strikes “targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.”

“Commercial vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz continue,” it adds. “US forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.”