After two months of warnings, Iran’s Islamist government attacked Israel on October 1, 2024, with 200 ballistic missiles. Iranians and Israelis watched as missiles flew over cities, debris falling from the sky after being intercepted.
The United States is advising Israel on its promised response to an Iranian missile attack, US President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday, underscoring Washington's central role in an escalating crisis which threatens all-out war.
April to October 2024 may well be recorded by historians as the critical months when the simmering shadow war between Iran and Israel erupted into open conflict, reshaping the Middle East irreversibly.
As anxious Iranians followed the news of the October 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel and awaited Israel's response, others speculated about a possible shift in the Islamic Republic's nuclear doctrine.
Following the recent escalation between Iran and Israel, a hardline Tehran newspaper is calling for a significant shift in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear doctrine, advocating for a major “transformation.”
Before Iran launched a massive missile attack against Israel, the Quds Force—the arm of the Iranian military responsible for conducting proxy warfare—reasserted its primary mission: the elimination of Israel.
In the wake of Iran's massive but largely ineffectual missile barrage, Israel has arrived at a critical crossroads that will test its ambition in dealing with its mortal enemy.
Iranian netizens are expressing highly contradictory opinions about Tuesday’s missile attack on Israel, ranging from strong approval to calls for Israel to retaliate forcefully.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Israel should not strike Iranian nuclear sites in a retaliation for a missile attack the previous day, saying a response must be proportional.
In Tuesday's vice presidential debate, Democratic Governor Tim Walz dodged the question of supporting a preemptive Israeli strike on Iran, while Republican Senator JD Vance declared that the decision should rest entirely with Israel.
From Iran International correspondents - Israel awoke with a slow start on Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s aerial bombardment from Iran as questions loomed over what happens next.
As hundreds of missiles rained across Israel's skies, 40-year-old Itai Reuveni, an Israeli of Iranian descent, sought refuge in a bomb shelter with his family as his nation was attacked by the very country which was once his parents’ homeland.
The United States and Israel said they were working together to ensure Iran faces a harsh comeuppance for its attack on the Jewish state with some 200 ballistic missiles on Tuesday, in an unprecedented salvo the US helped fend off.