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Strikes also targeted military sites linked to Tehran’s nuclear programme and ballistic missile production

How Iran chooses to respond to the unusually public Israeli airstrikes could determine whether the region spirals further toward all-out war or holds steady at an already devastating and destabilizing level of violence

Israeli attack damages secret Iranian bases linked to nuclear and missile programs

Israel’s airstrikes of Oct. 26, 2024 – which hit around 20 military targets in Iran, Iraq and Syria – had been anticipated for weeks. Indeed, the operation followed a promise from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to retaliate for an earlier ballistic missile attack by Tehran in early October.

UK and US among nations seeking to keep Middle East from all-out war in wake of Israeli airstrikes on military targets with Tehran saying it is ‘obligated’ to respond

Face-to-face military confrontation on each other’s soil has now been normalised

Life returned to its normal rhythm within hours in Iran, but a sense of trepidation remains.

Israel has warned Tehran against retaliating after residents in the city woke up to explosions.

Israel delivered its long-expected response to Iranian missile attacks by carrying out a series of airstrikes against the Islamic Republic

Iran has said the country has a right to defend itself after Israeli strikes

Anyone found guilty of sharing images or videos of the attack could face 10 years in prison