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Bombs and viruses: The shadowy history of Israel’s attacks on Iranian soil

Eugene Kaspersky, chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab which discovered the Flame virus that attacked computers in Iran, spoke at a Tel Aviv University cybersecurity conference in June 2012. He said only a global effort could stop a new era of 'cyberterrorism' [File: Baz Ratner/ Reuters]

Israel’s leaders have signalled that they are weighing their options on how to respond to Iran’s attack early Sunday morning, when Tehran targeted its archenemy with more than 300 missiles and drones.

Iran’s attack, which followed an Israeli strike last week on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, that killed 13 people was historic: It was the first time Tehran had directly targeted Israeli soil, despite decades of hostility. Until Sunday, many of Iran’s allies in the so-called axis of resistance — especially the Palestinian group Hamas, the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis and armed groups in Iraq and Syria — were the ones who launched missiles and drones at Israel.

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