Tensions between the two foes also broke into direct conflict last year, with Iran firing hundreds of missiles and drones in its first ever direct attack on Israel in April 2024, in retaliation for an attack on its embassy compound in Damascus, which killed several senior Iranian military commanders.

Militarily, Israel’s operation was a calculated and long planned response to the existential Iranian nuclear threat along with its ballistic missile capabilities. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Mossad executed a multi-pronged assault,