{"id":109668,"date":"2024-10-02T21:51:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109668"},"modified":"2024-10-02T21:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:51:47","slug":"what-is-happening-between-israel-and-iran-and-how-might-israel-respond-to-the-latest-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109668","title":{"rendered":"What is happening between Israel and Iran and how might Israel respond to the latest attacks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rdycfz00143b6kb857hh8i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Middle East is edging ever closer\u00a0toward a full-blown regional war as Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/01\/politics\/iran-missile-attack-israel\/index.html\">vowed to respond<\/a> to Iran\u2019s huge barrage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/israel-iran-missile-attack-middle-east-10-02-24-intl-hnk\/index.html\">ballistic missiles<\/a> fired at the country on Tuesday night,\u00a0capping a day of dramatic military escalation in the region.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri269x00353b6kqwvehyhs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIran made a big mistake tonight &#8211; and it will pay for it,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said hours after the unprecedented attack.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri269x00363b6kwryqpb9o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Iran launched a salvo of about 200 ballistic missiles at Israeli military targets, its largest ever such attack, sending sirens blaring across Israel and activating the country\u2019s sophisticated<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/israel-lebanon-war-hezbollah-10-1-24-intl-hnk#cm1r5twpk0000356u3cpmitux\"> defensive systems.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri269x00373b6ksingabzg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Iran\u2019s leadership said the attack was intended as a warning to Israel not to enter a direct war with its longtime enemy, and any Israeli response to the barrage would be met with \u201cstronger and more painful\u201d blows.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri269x00383b6k8j8yzswb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The escalation came about 24 hours after Israel launched a ground war in Lebanon to go after Hezbollah, a powerful militant group that is backed by Iran, and days after Israel killed its leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri22cx00333b6kr6ykaup6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Here\u2019s what we know.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri1znr00313b6kqohx1spt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tuesday\u2019s attack has further changed the dynamics of the conflict, transitioning from a war involving Iran\u2019s proxies toward a direct confrontation between two regional military powerhouses.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rwx8td00003b6m1sjy1z6g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An Israeli military source told CNN several Iranian missiles struck Israeli military bases during the attack, but insisted there was no major damage to the facilities.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri2v5n003j3b6ku94sd2rn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s the second time Iran has launched an aerial attack on Israel this year, but Tuesday\u2019s barrage was of a different magnitude.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri2v5n003k3b6kiq5d1xce@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In April, Iran launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/13\/middleeast\/iran-drones-attack-israel-intl-latam\/index.html\">large-scale drone and missile attack<\/a> at Israel \u2013 the first such direct assault on the country from its soil \u2013 in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic complex in Syria.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm1reavs4002k3b6k2ri8rkck@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"2024-10-01T212257Z_949827799_RC2TBAAOY6AS_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-LEBANON-IRAN.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.66625\" data-original-height=\"1066\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-10-01t212257z-949827799-rc2tbaaoy6as-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-lebanon-iran.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1066\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-10-01t212257z-949827799-rc2tbaaoy6as-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-lebanon-iran.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1066\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-10-01t212257z-949827799-rc2tbaaoy6as-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-lebanon-iran.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1066\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-10-01t212257z-949827799-rc2tbaaoy6as-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-lebanon-iran.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1066\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-10-01t212257z-949827799-rc2tbaaoy6as-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-lebanon-iran.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2024-10-01t212257z-949827799-rc2tbaaoy6as-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-lebanon-iran.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1066\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri2syl003g3b6khkd3slxe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Iran gave 72 hours notice ahead of that attack, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/14\/middleeast\/iran-israel-attack-drones-analysis-intl\/index.html\">widely seen<\/a> as designed to minimize casualties while maximizing spectacle with almost all of the 300 projectiles knocked out of the sky by Israel\u2019s defense systems.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri4s7f003s3b6kxm1252b7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel responded a week later with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/18\/middleeast\/isfahan-iran-explosion-intl-hnk\/index.html\">limited strike<\/a> on Iran.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri4s7f003t3b6kfr3759b7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This time, Israel learned about the imminent threat just hours before Tehran launched the strikes, with targets including the headquarters of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, in Tel Aviv, Israel\u2019s second largest city, Nevatim Air Base and Tel Nof Air Base.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri4s7f003u3b6kvl7orkyt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Iran\u2019s Tuesday barrage was twice as large as the April attack. It also included many more ballistic missiles, which are harder to shoot down, posing a real threat to Israeli citizens \u2013 many of whom evacuated to shelters during the attack.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ridonc005i3b6kvw03l2h0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While the Israeli military said most of the missiles were intercepted, some landed on Israeli soil and appeared to cause damage. Shock\u00a0waves caused by the attack also damaged homes in central Israel, authorities in the country said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri4q2h003q3b6kvgmzc9sh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Diplomacy has so far failed to broker a deal between Israel and Hezbollah, and the ceasefire and hostage negotiations between Hamas and Israel have floundered.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri9a0h00463b6k1n1voaz5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Even until a few weeks ago, some senior US officials privately believed\u00a0that through its diplomatic and deterrence efforts, Washington had helped to successfully thwart a large-scale Iranian attack against Israel, sources told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri96qz00423b6kc53y33op@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI think Nasrallah was the final straw\u201d for Iran, said Jonathan\u00a0Panikoff, a former senior intelligence analyst specializing in the region.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri96qz00433b6k9ho920ej@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            With no off-ramp, and Israel appearing unwilling to compromise with its regional enemies, Tuesday\u2019s attack is perhaps the clearest sign a much-feared regional war may be about to ignite.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri96qz00443b6kgyahgd7y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Meanwhile, both Israel and the US downplayed the effectiveness of the strike. Israel said the attack \u201cfailed.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ri90da00403b6kp2v6tm9f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In almost a year of war, increasing escalations have repeatedly brought the region to the edge of an all-out conflict.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ribhlr004p3b6kcxd9mho2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In recent days, Israel\u2019s ground incursion into southern Lebanon opened up a whole new front and it has ramped up attacks against other Iran-backed militants, including launching strikes targeting the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/30\/middleeast\/idf-nic-robertson-mission-embed-intl-hnk\/index.html\">Houthis in Yemen.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ribhlr004q3b6kaqwvtztp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel has eliminated Hezbollah\u2019s leadership with a series of attacks and massive airstrikes\u00a0across Lebanon that have targeted the group\u2019s infrastructure and capabilities, but which have also killed more than 1,000 people, displaced about 1 million, and destroyed homes and neighborhoods.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm1rebgn2002m3b6kwabph5i9@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2175315106.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2175315106.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2175315106.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2175315106.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2175315106.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2175315106.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2175315106.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"A demonstrator holds a sign showing the face of Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, during a celebratory rally after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in Tehran's Palestine Square on October 1, 2024.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"2400\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ribhlr004r3b6khn4g2x0h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In Gaza, Israel\u2019s war against Hamas grinds on almost a year after the Palestinian militant group\u2019s attack on Israel. The ensuing war has killed more than 41,000 people, creating a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and left much of the enclave in ruins.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ribbvl004n3b6kt3woon83@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis are all part of an Iranian-led alliance spanning Yemen, Syria, Gaza and Iraq that has attacked Israel and its allies since the war began. They say they won\u2019t stop striking Israel and its allies until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ribx2r004u3b6kg9l1jtal@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Iran has attempted to characterize its attack as a calibrated response to repeated escalations from Israel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1riczo000573b6kyoa6uc59@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tuesday\u2019s missile strikes focused on Israeli security and military targets and was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/israel-lebanon-war-hezbollah-10-1-24-intl-hnk#cm1qoom5c00003b6qx4xq7zwv\">in response<\/a>\u00a0to Israel\u2019s killing of Nasrallah and other commanders, including Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/30\/middleeast\/hamas-political-leader-ismail-haniyeh-killed-intl-hnk\/index.html\">political leader Ismail Haniyeh<\/a> in the Iranian capital Tehran in July.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1riczo000583b6ky209rpln@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Following the assassination of Hamas\u2019 most public figure after attending the inauguration of Iran\u2019s new president, the world held its breath as it waited to see how Tehran would respond.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1riczo000593b6kigy050ov@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For months, that response never came and tensions appeared to de-escalate given the grave consequences of an all-out war in the Middle East.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ricxe400553b6kiwl6oitt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Israel\u2019s assassinations and the widening war in Lebanon has rapidly changed that equation.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm1rig8p100023b6kzhgd5j1v@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"thumbnail_image.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"540\" data-original-width=\"960\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/thumbnail-image-20241002031357003.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"540\" width=\"960\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/thumbnail-image-20241002031357003.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"540\" width=\"960\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/thumbnail-image-20241002031357003.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"540\" width=\"960\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/thumbnail-image-20241002031357003.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"540\" width=\"960\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/thumbnail-image-20241002031357003.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/thumbnail-image-20241002031357003.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"In this screengrab taken from a video, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with his political-security Cabinet on October 1, 2024.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rid9v2005c3b6kq0gavchi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Saturday, Netanyahu gave a fiery speech directed at Iran, saying\u00a0Israel was\u00a0\u201cchanging the balance of power in the region\u201d and that \u201cthere is no place in Iran or the Middle East that the long arm of Israel will not reach.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ridqy0005k3b6kbjwwoofc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Nasrallah\u2019s death\u00a0was necessary, he said, to returning thousands of residents to their homes along the Lebanon border displaced by Hezbollah rocket attacks, and to prevent the group from launching a large-scale attack on Israel.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ridqy0005l3b6k1y8dxbut@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            US officials have long assessed that both\u00a0Iran\u00a0and senior Hezbollah leadership has wanted to avoid all-out war with Israel, even as both have exchanged fire.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ried27005o3b6kqkuyugq4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One big fear for US and Arab diplomats is the possibility of Israel striking inside Iran, potentially against its nuclear facilities. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett\u00a0urged Israel\u00a0to\u00a0retaliate\u00a0by destroying its nuclear program.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rieyo0005t3b6kq2w5cxbn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But Iran has made clear that any response from Israel would result in further escalation. Iran\u2019s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday\u2019s operation\u00a0was \u201conly a portion of our power.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rnppof00023b6m4a0k08hq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel is likely eyeing Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities as it determines its response to Tehran\u2019s missile attack, according to Malcolm Davis, senior analyst for defense strategy at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rnq8sm00063b6mkeiyoxav@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cFrom Israel\u2019s perspective, it cannot allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. There would certainly be strong pressure within Netanyahu\u2019s cabinet to attack those nuclear facilities and essentially set back the Iranian nuclear weapons program, potentially for years,\u201d Davis told CNN\u2019s Becky Anderson.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rieyo0005u3b6k6arrrroz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And Hezbollah itself also remains a dangerous adversary for Israel with an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/24\/middleeast\/hezbollah-weapons-visuals-intl-dg\/index.html\">arsenal<\/a>\u00a0of military assets it could bring to bear.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rnt6zj000i3b6mvl2tvxre@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, Salam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, believes Tehran is likely hoping \u201cthere will be some restraint.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rntdzc000l3b6m4wnnhdkv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIran is trying to throw down some red lines, knowing full well that it is in a defensive position, that Hezbollah is compromised, and that it doesn\u2019t have the traditional conventional capabilities to fight Israel,\u201d he told CNN\u2019s Anderson.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm1rih0l100053b6koi7v2hc5@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-1769498585.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" 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data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1rig0ve00003b6kak7039ve@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The US,\u00a0Israel\u2019s closest ally and biggest weapons supplier,\u00a0says it will coordinate with Israel on its response to the attack, with State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller pledging there would be consequences.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ririuq000c3b6kn4145epr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            US Navy destroyers fired\u00a0interceptors against the Iranian missiles and in recent weeks, the US has moved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/25\/politics\/us-troops-cyprus\/index.html\">more of its troop<\/a>s and warships to the region.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder 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In January, three US Army soldiers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/28\/politics\/us-troops-drone-attack-jordan\/index.html\">were killed<\/a> and more than 30 service members injured\u00a0in a drone attack on a small US outpost in Jordan.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1ririuq000e3b6kkb4za83n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            During that time, the US has repeatedly stood firm with Israel. 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