Iranian Drones vs Israel: Will This Lead to a Full-Scale Conflict?

Iran has retaliated by launching hundreds of drones and missiles against Israel, some of which have penetrated Israel’s vaunted aerial defence system, killing two dozen people so far. It started when Israel attacked nuclear and military sites in Iran , and then Iran retaliated with aerial attacks targeting Israel . In April, Iran launched a large- scale drone and missile attack at Israel – the first such direct assault on the country from its soil – in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike on an. Iran ’s unprecedented April 14 attack on Israeli territory was a warning shot. It showed Tehran’s potential ability to put a dent in Israel ’s formidable air superiority despite essentially its lacking a modern air force. The direct Iranian air attack on Israeli soil was a watershed moment in the region’s steadily deteriorating security status quo. But while Iran ’s regional power projection was diminishing and its arsenal of missiles and drones twice proved largely ineffective, a third concern—a nuclear threat which Israel considered. Iranian missiles struck northern Israel , killing at least three people and wounding 13 others, late Saturday into Sunday, according to Israeli media. Israel targeted the Iranian defence. Conflict between Israel and Iran started on June 13 when the former launched a massive airstrike on Iranian military and nuclear sites. In retaliation, Iran 's IRGC initiated a large- scale drone. But the vast majority of Iranian drones and missiles employed in the attack appear to have been neutralized, with only a handful reaching Israeli territory. The retaliatory strikes came on Saturday, a day after Israel killed top Iranian military leaders and scientists and destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz.