Israel is certainly taking on all comers. Monday's air strike on Damascus that killed three senior Iranian commanders is the most spectacular of its kind since Hamas's October 7 attacks. We ask about Tehran's response, whether it will try to draw in the United States, and – after months of cross-border rocket exchanges between Israel and Lebanon – about the risk of all-out war on a second front.
Meanwhile, the nightmare continues for Gaza. Will the killing of seven aid workers and the beginnings of a famine force Israel to wind down operations there? Last week, its closest ally the United States abstained on a UN ceasefire resolution, thus sending its strongest signal yet that it's time to wind down what will soon be six months of war. So far, that is not happening.
