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Opinion: Israel's military adventures have backfired - and the public is losing patience
The sequence and speed of the latest clash between Israel and Iran cannot be understood outside of the broader context of https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-lebanon" target="_blank">Israel’s war on Lebanon.
On Sunday, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-calls-iran-and-israel-stop-shooting-immediately" target="_blank">Iran launched missiles towards https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel in retaliation for https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-strike-beirut-suburb-ceasefire-9.7226621" target="_blank">Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, which Tel Aviv described as a response to recent Hezbollah fire in northern Israel.
After the https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/iran" target="_blank">Iranian missile launch, Israel carried out retaliatory strikes against several https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/08/israel-netanyahu-airstrikes-iran-retaliation-defies-trump" target="_blank">cities in Iran.
Due to the rapid succession of events, some might have forgotten that even before the joint Israeli-https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">US aggression against Iran began this past February, the https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanese government sought ceasefire talks with Israel, which refused them.
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