As Iran retaliates, largest US military base in Middle East hit by ballistic missile, Qatar says

Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides gave an address on Monday morning detailing the attack by an Iranian Shahed drone on a British air base on Sunday night.

The attack on the Akrotiri base in the southwest of the Mediterranean island caused "minor material damage," Christodoulides said.

"From the very beginning, all the competent services of the Republic have been on alert and in full operational readiness," the president said. "At the same time, I immediately convened the National Security Council to assess the situation, which remains in constant consultation."

"I want to be clear: Our country does not participate in any way and does not intend to be part of any military operation," he added.

The U.K. maintains permanent sovereign base areas in Cyprus, which includes Royal Air Force Akrotiri. The base has traditionally served as a hub for British operations in the Middle East.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky

Ali Larijani, the influential secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said in a post to X on Monday that President Donald Trump was engaged in "wishful thinking" with his strategy to subdue Iran and prompt regime change in Tehran.

"Trump's wishful thinking has dragged the whole region into an unnecessarily war and now he is rightly worried about more American casualties," Larijani wrote.

"It is indeed very sad that he is sacrificing American treasure and blood to advance [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu's illegitimate expansionist ambitions," Larijani added.

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that its expanded strikes in Lebanon -- including on the capital Beirut -- were a response to Hezbollah's launch of "several rockets and UAVs" from Lebanese territory toward Israel.

The IDF targets included "command posts, infrastructure and a vehicle carrying two Radwan operatives near the area of Kafr D'gal," the IDF said.

The IDF noted that its "significant" strikes against Hezbollah in southern and eastern Lebanon had been ongoing -- despite a November 2024 ceasefire -- prior to the launch of the U.S.-Israeli operation against Iran on Saturday.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Will Gretsky

The Israel Defense Forces said early on Monday that it had detected missiles launched from Iran toward Israel.

"Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat," the IDF said. "In the past few minutes, the Home Front Command has sent a precautionary directive directly to mobile phones in the relevant areas."

Authorities in Bahrain separately issued an alert, saying a siren had been sounded.

"Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place," Bahrain said.

-ABC News’ Will Gretsky