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Israel’s Attack on Iran Was Years in the Making. How Did They Get Here?
- On a Friday morning in June 2025, Israel conducted a carefully planned military strike against several locations within Iran, carrying out an initiative known internally as Days of Repentance.
- This strike followed decades of mutual hostility, a covert shadow war, Iran’s nuclear program concerns, and Iran’s support for regional militant proxies.
- Under the codename Rising Lion, Israel struck missile factories, commanders, and nuclear scientists, simultaneously entering a heightened alert status in anticipation of Iranian retaliation.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu stated, “time was running out to strike Iran” due to Iran’s nuclear weapon ambitions and steps to weaponize enriched uranium.
- The strike achieved basic objectives but did not neutralize Iran’s threat, with the US monitoring closely and affirming support without opposing the attacks.
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Israel and Iran opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict when Israel launched a major air offensive in the early morning of Friday
Israel Gets the War It Wanted
You can’t see Iran from Israel, but on its scenic northern border stand the hills of Lebanon, which at the point where the two countries are closest, is done up to look just like the Islamic Republic. In Kfar Kila, a town just yards from an Israeli town, you might be in Tehran: Iran’s leaders, past and present, wave from a monument adorned with the emblem from its flag. Blue metal boxes on posts line the roadway, a slot beckoning a few coins to …
Israel's attack on Iran was not only wider and intense than the two military operations carried out last year, it seems to have also been adopted part of the Israeli offensive strategy against Hezbollah in Lebanon, which took place in November 2024, notes BBC.
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