Iran directly attacks: On Monday, Iran took credit for hitting and destroying an Israeli spy base with missiles. This is significant because it's the first time since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel that Iran has "publicly said it's attacked an Israeli target," though Iran has, of course, been working behind the scenes to back groups like Hezbollah, which has been exchanging fire with Israeli troops on the border between Israel and Lebanon, and the Houthis, which are now at the receiving end of U.S. and British strikes after the terrorist group targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea.
Iran's actions were "in response to the Israeli assassination of a number of commanders of the IRGC and the resistance front"—meaning Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis—reports Tasnim, an Iranian news agency.
