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In Gaza, Israel destroyed its reputation. Attacking Iran is a belated and dangerous attempt to restore it | Nesrine Malik

ByNesrine Malik

Losing credibility Netanyahu has acted to diminish Iran while he still can, and in doing so regain support from his alliesThere are two ways of looking at events in the Middle East over the past year and a half. One is that the response to 7 October 20…

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Iran strikes Tel Aviv and Haifa as Israel conflict enters fourth day

ByGuardian staff

Casualties reported in central Israel as G7 leaders were set to meet in Canada with the battle between the two regional enemies set to dominate the agendaMiddle East crisis – live updatesExplainer: what we know so far in the Israel-Iran conflictIranian…

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Ali Khamenei: ruthless defender of Iran’s revolution with few good options left

ByJason Burke International security correspondent

The Iranian supreme leader is backed into a corner, a situation he has spent his life doing his best to avoidWhen he appeared in public for the first time in five years in October, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, had an uncompro…

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Israel and Iran broaden strikes during third day of escalating war

ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Tel Aviv

Trump calls for end to conflict and warns Tehran against striking US targets in the regionMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael and Iran have broadened their strikes against each other on the third day of an escalating war that has killed and injured…

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What to Know About the New Head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

ByMatthew Mpoke Bigg

Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi was appointed to lead the group after his predecessor, Gen. Hossein Salami, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.