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Israel strikes back against Iran. The Mideast is at maximum danger.

Once content to wage war through proxies, Israel and Iran now strike each other directly. The risk of regional war is extreme.

By MAX BOOT

Council on Foreign Relations
October 26, 2024

A year ago, it was unthinkable for Israel and Iran to be directly attacking each other’s territory. The two countries have carried on a shadow war for years, with Israel targeting Iranian nuclear scientists, Iranian supply convoys in Syria and the like, while Iran sponsored proxy attacks on Israel by Hamas and Hezbollah, among other militant groups. But the two countries refrained from directly bombing each other. Now, what was unthinkable has, alas, become routine.