The logic of prevention may have simply been an excuse for Israel to attack Iran. But the regional security dilemma also made conditions ripe for war. The post Why Israel Launched Its War on Iran Still Matters appeared first on World Politics Review.

By Alexander Cornwell, Parisa Hafezi, Jana Choukeir and Ahmed ElimamTEL AVIV/DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital overnight,

Its military proxies -- especially Hezbollah, once considered its most powerful -- have been significantly weakened.