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Iran-backed Hezbollah and Iran launched a coordinated attack on Israel with about 200 missiles and drones overnight, triggering Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s suburbs. Israel vows retaliation and urges Lebanon to curb Hezbollah, as diplomats urge deescalation amid warnings from experts of a broader regional escalation.
On day 12 of the US-Israel campaign against Iran, Tehran says nearly 10,000 civilian sites have been bombed and more than 1,300 civilians killed, as Iran conducts retaliatory strikes on Israel and US bases in the Gulf. The fighting has widened with air and missile attacks across Iran, the Gulf, and Lebanon, energy prices rise, and US casualties mount (about 140 wounded and seven killed). More than 43,000 Americans have been evacuated from the region, and diplomatic efforts to de‑escalate are intensifying amid regional security alerts and ongoing military activity.
The article portrays a rapidly widening war in which U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran are followed by Iran’s widespread retaliation with missiles and drones across nine countries; officials frame war aims as focused on Iran’s missile force rather than regime change, raising questions about how far the conflict could escalate and what parts of the region could bear the consequences.