Missile strikes and air raids intensified Tuesday across the Middle East, with Iran launching fresh attacks on Israeli cities and Israel responding with heavy strikes on Tehran, as the conflict deepens into a widening regional war with no clear path to de-escalation. Iranian missiles struck central Israel, including the Tel Aviv area, injuring civilians and causing significant damage, while Israeli forces continued targeting Iranian military infrastructure and proxy positions across the region, according to reporting by the Associated Press.
The violence is no longer limited to the two countries. Israeli strikes on Hezbollah-linked targets in Beirut have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced roughly a million, while clashes and strikes linked to Iran-backed groups have spread into Iraq and across Gulf states, underscoring the scale of the escalation, Associated Press reported. The conflict, which began with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, has now evolved into a multi-front war involving state and proxy forces across the region.
