Settling for Half a Victory in the Iran-Israel War
- Israel and Iran exchanged missile strikes over the weekend, targeting military, nuclear, and energy sites in both countries.
- This escalation occurred after the sudden termination of scheduled nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran, which were set to take place in Oman, amid Israel’s determination to stop Iran’s nuclear developments.
- Iran fired over 200 ballistic missiles in multiple waves, resulting in the deaths of at least 13 civilians in Israel, while Israeli airstrikes targeted more than 170 locations inside Iran, including fuel storage facilities and the Natanz nuclear complex.
- The Iranian oil ministry reported losing more than 8 million liters of fuel at the struck Shahran depot, and Israeli officials said Israel’s homefront damage was less than expected despite hundreds wounded.
- The fighting intensified regional tensions with world leaders urging restraint and Israel’s parliament preparing to declare a special homefront emergency amid ongoing conflict.
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Settling for half a victory in the Iran-Israel war
This war had been brewing for two decades — long anticipated but repeatedly avoided. Both the Iranian and Israeli sides had succeeded in avoiding direct confrontation, limiting themselves to proxy wars, until the Oct. 7, 2023, attack happened. At that point, the Israelis decided to eliminate the sources of threat and shift their strategy from “mowing the lawn” — targeting the
The escalation between Israel and Iran is accompanied by numerous false claims online. These include primarily AI-generated images and videos, but also material created in other contexts. By C. Reveland and P. Siggelkow.
Iran and Israel continued to fire missiles at each other during the day on Sunday, causing several deaths and extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure as…
Israel, Iran Trade Missile Barrages Over the Weekend
The conflict between Israel and Iran continued through the weekend and into Sunday, with both sides launching barrages of missiles at the other and suffering civilian casualties. Continued Israeli strikes have continued to hit Iran throughout the weekend, with the death toll in Iran rising to 406 killed and 654 wounded, according to human rights activists. Sunday afternoon, local time, several car bombs in Tehran killed 14 Iranian nuclear scien…
Since Friday, the military conflict between Israel and Iran has expanded into a war – for the first time since the beginning of its arch-enemy more than 45 years ago. Since then, Israel and Iran have been engulfing themselves with serious attacks. Since the early hours of June 13th, Israel has flown hundreds of air strikes. Iran has reacted with salves of ballistic missiles and drones, dozens of which have penetrated Israeli defense systems. Ira…
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