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Israel-Iran conflict live updates: IDF kill dozens in Beirut missile strikes; Israeli soldiers killed fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon
Israeli and Hezbollah troops clashed on the ground in Lebanon on Wednesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation, saying Iran “made a big mistake”.
- by Ellen Connolly, Jessica McSweeney and Lachlan Abbott
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‘No’, US will not support attack on Iran’s nuclear sites
Joe Biden spoke out after Israel’s security cabinet was reported to have resolved to take direct military action against Iran, perhaps in the next few days.
- by Paul Nuki
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Middle East at war
‘Body parts everywhere’: Lebanon rescuers struggle under Israeli fire
Israel’s intensified air campaign against Hezbollah has upended a country already grappling with multiple crises and personal losses.
- by Sarah el-Deeb
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Middle East tensions
Iran’s critical blunder has only further deepened its strategic miscalculation
Rather than re-establishing deterrence, Khamenei and his IRGC lackies have invited retaliatory attacks on Iran, and risk getting drawn into a regional war in the process.
- by Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Israelis converge on downed Iranian missiles - to take pictures
Curious onlookers came to look at the downed Iranian missiles, which crash-landed after being intercepted by Israel.
- by Chris Zappone
Iran’s leader warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said.
- by Samia Nakhoul and Laila Bassam
Israel-Iran conflict as it happened: Tehran declares action against Israel over; Strikes in Lebanon and Gaza continue
In a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Iran launched a salvo of missiles at Israel after Israel killed the leadership of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- by Chris Zappone, Jessica McSweeney and Lachlan Abbott
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?
- by Charlotte Grieve
Opinion
Middle East at war
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.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Middle East at war
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.
- by Maya Gebeily
Opinion
Middle East tensions
What if one of Iran’s missiles was 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.
- by Bret Stephens
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