The Unexpected Fallout from Israel's Iran Strike

As Iran responded with a wave of drones and Israel continued to hit military and nuclear sites on Friday, we turned to our experts to assess the fallout . With these strikes, “ Israel demonstrated its full penetration of Iran , and ability to wreak havoc across the Iranian system,” Dan tells us. In response, Iran launched a wave of ballistic missiles and drones deep into Israeli territory, triggering air raid sirens across Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beersheba and numerous other locations, causing unprecedented destruction in the country. The United States joined Israel’s bombing campaign of Iran ’s nuclear program. A clear picture of the damage inside Iran —and the state of its nuclear strength—is still unfolding. Israel stunned Iran last week with an intelligence and military operation years in the making that struck high-level targets with precision. Iran launched multiple deadly waves of missiles and drones toward Israel into Saturday morning following Israel’s unprecedented strikes aimed at destroying Iran ’s nuclear program and. A series of Israeli attacks on Iran ’ s oil and gas facilities is threatening further turmoil for markets, as concerns grow of escalation in a region that holds half of the world’s oil. A compilation of analyses on the military and nuclear impact of Israel’s initial strikes, Tehran’s response options, the Trump administration’s next steps, public reactions inside Iran , and more. A shaky truce between Israel and Iran , announced after U.S. Attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, appeared to be holding. Benjamin Netanyahu has been making the argument that Israel faces existential threat if Iran gets a nuclear bomb for many years. But three great events—the smashing of Hezbollah , the Syrian revolution that overthrew the Iranian-aligned regime, and now a climactic battle waged by long-range strikes and Mossad hit teams in.