Global Watch: Israel bombs Iran in defiance of Trump insisting Netanyahu ‘doesn’t call the shots’

The Israeli military has launched airstrikes on Iran after the Iranians fired missiles at northern Israel in the first exchange of fire between the two countries since a ceasefire was reached on 8 April, raising fears of a return to a full-scale regional war in the Middle East. The Israeli strikes came in apparent defiance of Donald Trump, who told Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that he did not think Israel needed to respond further. GUEST: Sandile Mnguni, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal: Political Sciences and International Relations