Iran has fired missiles in Israel. Why? What’s next?

Iran has fired missiles in Israel. Why? What’s next?

Australians woke to the news on Wednesday morning that Iran has launched missile strikes at Israel. Why did this happen? What does it mean? And,what’s next?

  • byCharlotte Grieve

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Iran tried to light a ring of fire around Israel. But now Israel wields the blowtorch

Iran tried to light a ring of fire around Israel. But now Israel wields the blowtorch

Iran finally played its hand by firing missiles at Israel – which now has the whip hand,with US backing.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Iran,Israel,US escalate threats after Tehran’s missile attack on Israel

Iran,Israel,US escalate threats after Tehran’s missile attack on Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation after Iran fired more than 180 missiles into Israel. The US and Western allies are backing Israel’s right to self-defence.

  • byMaya Gebeily
What if one of Iran’s missiles carried a nuclear warhead? That possibility isn’t far off

What if one of Iran’s missiles carried a nuclear warhead? That possibility isn’t far off

The United States needs to escalate its actions against Iran – because bully regimes respond to a stick.

  • byBret Stephens
A timeline of Israel’s incursions in Lebanon and Iran’s role

A timeline of Israel’s incursions in Lebanon and Iran’s role

After killing the Hezbollah leader drawing Iran’s ire,Israel launched a ground invasion of Lebanon to stabilise the border region for its citizens. Then Iran struck.

  • byTom Perry andAngus McDowall
Can Israel’s Iron Dome withstand Iran’s missiles?

Can Israel’s Iron Dome withstand Iran’s missiles?

The Iron Dome is just one part of Israel’s missile defence system. David’s Sling is another. How does it all work?

  • byJackson Graham andAngus Holland
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This is Code Red time for an Israel-Iran ballistic missile war

This is Code Red time for an Israel-Iran ballistic missile war

We may be about to enter what could be the most dangerous moment in the history of the modern Middle East.

  • byThomas L. Friedman
Gunmen kill at least six in Tel Aviv just before Iran’s missile attack
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Gunmen kill at least six in Tel Aviv just before Iran’s missile attack

Israel’s hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed the attackers came from the West Bank city of Hebron.

  • bySteven Scheer
Israeli military warns several Lebanese communities near the border to evacuate

Israeli military warns several Lebanese communities near the border to evacuate

The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities hours after launching what it said was a limited ground incursion against the Hezbollah militant group.

  • byMatthew Lee,Samy Magdy,Abby Sewell,Julia Frankel andBassem Mroue
Why Iran’s impotence has been exposed,and Netanyahu’s the big winner

Why Iran’s impotence has been exposed,and Netanyahu’s the big winner

The new campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon is just one part of Israel’s sweeping offensive against Iran and its proxy militias like Hamas in Gaza and the Houthis in Yemen.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Israel strikes inner-city Beirut,bombs Houthi targets in Yemen

Israel strikes inner-city Beirut,bombs Houthi targets in Yemen

Videos showed ambulances and a crowd gathered near the multistorey residential building in a mainly Sunni district with a busy thoroughfare lined with shops.

  • byMelanie Lidman andKareem Chehayeb