Jerusalem: Israel said on Tuesday that it struck an Iranian missile launcher shortly after a barrage from Iran triggered air raid warnings across several Israeli areas. Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards responded to remarks by US President Donald Trump, saying they would determine when the war in the Middle East ends.

Late Monday, Israel's military said it identified a round of Iranian missile fire and was working "to intercept the threat." The Iranian launches sparked air raid warnings in several parts of Israel, forcing people to head for shelter.

But the Magen David Adom emergency services said it received no reports of casualties following the latest round of Iranian fire.

The Israeli military then said it "had struck the missile launcher that launched missiles toward the State of Israel a short while ago."

Before the latest Iranian attack, Israel had announced what it called a "broad wave" of strikes on Tehran, the second such assault launched on Monday.

Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that they would "determine the end of the war" in the Middle East after US President Donald Trump said the conflict would end "soon".

"It is we who will determine the end of the war," the Guards said in a statement. "The equations and future status of the region are now in the hands of our armed forces; American forces will not end the war," the statement added.

The war has choked off major supplies of oil and gas to world markets and sent fuel prices rising across the U.S. The fighting has also led foreigners to flee from business hubs and prompted millions to seek shelter as bombs hit sites including military bases, government buildings, oil and water installations, hotels and at least one school.

The selection of hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as Iran's supreme leader sent oil prices surging and markets sliding. Investors saw it as a signal that Iran was digging in 10 days into the war launched by the United States and Israel.

Trump also had a call Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war and other issues. Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said Putin “voiced a few ideas regarding a quick political and diplomatic settlement” of the conflict following his conversations with Gulf leaders and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Khamenei, a secretive 56-year-old cleric, is only the third supreme leader in the history of the Islamic Republic. He has close ties to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which has been firing missiles and drones at Israel and Gulf Arab states since his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled since 1989, was killed during the war’s opening salvo.

(with inputs from AFP & AP)