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ANALYSIS: Netanyahu will defend the attack on Tehran as an ‘existential’ defensive measure but we will all pay the price, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Middle East is undergoing a realignment of power. With Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear sites and the assassination of at least two of Iran’s senior security officials, Benjamin Netanyahu is showing his willingness to go it alone and ignore pressure from the Trump administration.

Israel has launched missile strikes on Iran, targeting nuclear sites and military leaders, as tensions in the Middle East intensify

Two of the Middle East’s most powerful militaries, Israel and Iran, edge closer to open war, fuelling fears that the region may be on the brink of what could be the most significant conflict of the century.

Israel and Iran have opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict

Warnings of an Israeli strike on Iran have intensifed amid ongoing US nuclear talks with Tehran.

Iran maintains its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful and geared to civilian use but Israel claims previous Iranian deception means a military response is the only way to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb.

The diplomatic tension between Washington and Tehran goes back decades

The World Bank says poverty nearly tripled in Lebanon over the past decade

Israel warned ‘there will be no calm in Beirut’ after launching the largest attack on the city since the ceasefire.

The artworks were seized from Nazem Ahmad