Once again, the Middle East is on the brink of full- scale war. The tit- for- tat exchanges between Israel and Iran are increasing the risk that the United States will get sucked into another Middle East war. As such, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's longstanding efforts to get Washington to attack Tehran--combined with new incentives amid Israel's war in Gaza--are cause for major concern. This past weekend, Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel in its first direct military assault against the country. This retaliatory attack by Iran was in direct response to Israel's strike on an Iranian consulate building adjacent to Tehran's embassy in Syria earlier this month. The strike killed Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, one of the highest- ranking commanders of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). This represents the highest level targeted assassination of an Iranian official since the drone strike that killed Major General Qassem Soleimani in 2020.
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