After mulling such action for 16 years, Israel has launched air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities – a mission fraught with peril not just for the Jewish state, but for the broader Middle East.

The Israeli military claims its campaign has eliminated high-value targets, including nine senior scientists, and severely damaged Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Iranian authorities confirmed damage to four critical buildings at the Isfahan uranium conversion facility,

The conflict between Israel and Iran has wreaked considerable damage in both countries and caused casualties on both sides.

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Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early today killing at least five people and injuring 70, authorities in Israel have said.Explosions rocked major Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa.

Israel launched a massive wave of attacks across Iran on Thursday night, bombing nuclear and missile sites, targeting military leaders and nuclear scientists, and conducting covert sabotage operations on missile and air defense sites.

Iranian state media has confirmed that Israel killed the top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander in major airstrikes targeting

The exchange of fire comes as talks on Iran's nuclear program in Oman between the U.S. and Iran were called off.

Iran’s intelligence chief and other key senior officials were killed in an Israeli airstrike as they attended a meeting together, according to Israeli officials. Mohammed Kazemi, the elite Islamic

Israel and Iran have opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict when Israel launched a major attack with strikes early Friday on Tehran.