Why did Israel attack Iran and what happens next?
Tehran has said that it does not plan an immediate military retaliation after Israel reportedly launched an attack inside Iranian territory. The overnight strikes, which Iran said were limited to drone attacks by “infiltrators from inside Iran”, were in response to missile and drone attacks on Israel a little over a week ago. The strikes have been met by outrage in the Middle East and Israel’s allies have called for calm. Binyamin Netanyahu is under growing pressure from hardliners in his coalition government. The strikes are yet to be confirmed but Iranian air defences were said to have opened fire over the cities of Isfahan and Tabriz. They may not have been limited to Iran, however. Syrian state media reported that Israeli missiles had hit air defence targets in the south. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/ #iran #israel #middleeast
