Israel vs. Iran
The IDF used this name for Israel's 12-day conflict with Iran.
What is Operation Rising Lion?
Before Rising Lion, Israel neutralized most of the leadership of this group, including its long-time head, Hassan Nasrallah.
What is Hezbollah?
This June 2025 U.S. military operation struck Iranian nuclear facilities.
What is Operation Midnight Hammer?
These advanced aircraft were critical to Rising Lion, using their information-sharing capabilities to guide other aircraft onto Iranian targets.
What are F-35s?
The collapse of this Syrian leader’s regime in December 2024 allowed the Israeli Air Force to destroy remaining air defenses and gain air access to Iran.
Who is Bashar al-Assad?
Operation Midnight Hammer relied on this particular strategic bomber.
For two weeks prior to the attack, the IDF conditioned Iranian forces by creating these nightly events that ended without strikes.
What are nightly alerts?
In April 2024, Iran launched its first direct attack on Israel involving 170 drones and 120 MRBMs after Israeli killed an IRGC commander in this city.
What is Damascus?
The removal of sanctions on oil exported by this nation in the midst of a four year war improves its economic prospects.
What is Russia?
During Rising Lion, the Israeli Air Force struck 293 of 480 of these specific assets, effectively blocking 95 of them inside tunnels.
What are ballistic missile launchers?
The 2021 movement of Israel into the area of responsibility of this U.S. military organization facilitated the defense of Israel in 2024 against Iranian attacks.
What is U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)?
Because of the high demand in 2026 for interceptors in the Gulf states, this European nation now finds itself in competition for scarce U.S. munitions to defend against Russian attacks.
What is Ukraine?
In a major blow to Iranian leadership, all the commanders of this Iranian force were killed within minutes of the start of Rising Lion.
What is the IRGC Aerospace Force?
In response to Operations Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer, Iran did this with its ballistic missile force.
What is rebuilt it?
Critics argue Operation Midnight Hammer failed strategically because the US and Israel still do not know the location of this vital nuclear material inside Iran.
What is enriched uranium?