Israel–Iran Confrontation

Israel and Iran have crossed from covert attrition to direct territorial strikes, with Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear and military sites and Iranian missile-and-drone retaliation. The confrontation pulls in Hezbollah, Iraqi and Yemeni proxies, and draws U.S. air-defense involvement. A fragile pause holds but both sides signal readiness to resume, keeping regional airspace and energy corridors on alert.

WHAT CHANGED · LAST 72H

• —Israeli strikes hit Iranian nuclear and IRGC targets; Iran answers with ballistic-missile and drone barrages on Israeli territory.
• —U.S. and allied air defenses actively intercept Iranian salvos, blurring the direct-belligerent line.
• —Hezbollah degraded but Iraqi and Yemeni proxies keep secondary fronts live; ceasefire remains brittle.