The Israeli military launched a massive attack on Iran on Friday in a dramatic escalation of their long-running conflict that drew early retaliation from Tehran and raised the risk of another war in the Middle East.

The IDF says it killed Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami in overnight strikes and has intercepted retaliatory drones launched by Iran.

Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s vows of reprisals have brought the two Middle East adversaries closer to an all-out war, which also threatens to draw in the United States, at least to some degree.

Israel’s defense minister declared a special state of emergency. Iran has launched retaliatory drone strikes on Israel.

Benjamin Netanyahu has been making the argument that Israel faces existential threat if Iran gets a nuclear bomb for many years.

Long before Israel launched its attacks against Iran on Friday, agents from Israel’s spy agency the Mossad smuggled explosive drones and other guided weapons into Iran. As the attack got under way, Mo

It may take days, or weeks, to assess how far Israel has set back Iran’s atomic capabilities. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has covered Iran’s nuclear program, and the efforts to prevent it from obtaining an atomic weapon,

Israel launched a punishing air campaign on Iran early Friday, killing some of the upper echelons of Iran’s military leadership along with parts of its nuclear infrastructure.

Iranian authorities told U.N. atomic agency chief Rafael Grossi that the country's nuclear facilities at Fordow and Isfahan hadn't been hit by Israel's strikes, the agency said on X. Fordow is the hea

Israel and Iran have opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict. Israel launched a major attack with strikes early Friday that set off explosions in the Iranian capital of Tehran.