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Israel-Iran Conflict Escalates as U.S. Weighs Direct Military Involvement

An ultimatum from Tehran over U.S. intervention underscores the risk of a wider Middle East war

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Director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that neither US nor Israel can “continue to sit and intercept missiles all day.”
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Overview

  • Since June 13, Operation Rising Lion has seen Israeli strikes hit Iran’s nuclear research and missile facilities, with the Israel Defense Forces claiming air superiority over Tehran
  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has fired more than 400 missiles and hundreds of drones at Israeli cities, causing at least 24 fatalities and hundreds of injuries
  • President Trump has sent additional warplanes and the USS Nimitz to the region and signalled that American forces could join operations against Iran
  • Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei have warned that any U.S. military involvement would bring irreparable damage and risk all-out war
  • The hostilities have driven thousands to flee Tehran amid shortages and closures, prompted the reopening of Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport for repatriation flights, and disrupted regional aviation