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While senior Israeli officials have framed this weekend's Iranian attack as “revealing the true face” of Tehran, the reality is that the proximate cause was Israel's misjudgment in its strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria that killed two senior Iranian generals, among others.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI, April 13 (Reuters) - Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late on Saturday in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory strike that raised the threat of a wider regional conflict, as the U.S pledged "ironclad" backing for Israel.

The Iran–Israel proxy conflict, also known as the Iran–Israel proxy war or Iran–Israel Cold War, is an ongoing proxy conflict between Iran and Israel. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah.