Iran Launches Missiles at Israel

“Iran on Tuesday evening fired missiles on Israel, an attack that could spark a sharp escalation in the long-simmering conflict between Israel and Iran and tip the region further into turmoil and a widening war,” the New York Times reports.

“The salvo of missiles from Iran came a day after Israeli forces began a rare ground invasion of southern Lebanon aimed at crippling the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah there. Iran backs Hezbollah and Hamas, the two militias currently fighting Israel, as well as the Houthis in Yemen.”

Wall Street Journal: “Iran’s involvement risks a wider conflict that could stretch Israel’s military and air defenses and threatens to spark an all-out war in the Middle East that the Biden administration has tried to avoid.”