The Israeli military has begun airstrikes against Iran, two U.S. officials said Thursday evening, a dramatic escalation that increased the chances of an all-out war between the countries and expanding the long-running regional conflict. There is no U.S. involvement or assistance, the officials said.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Middle East since October 2023 led to commercial aviation sharing the skies with short-notice barrages of drones and missiles across major flight paths – some of which were reportedly close enough to be seen by pilots and passengers.

U.S. officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, multiple sources told CBS News.

Crude oil futures fell more than 1% on Thursday, after spiking sharply in the previous session on fears that Israel and Iran are on the brink of war. U.S. West Texas Intermediate was down $1.02, or 1.

US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran, according to a source familiar with the conversation.

Israeli analyst Kfir Tshuva said even if Israel chooses to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, it will not harm civilian infrastructure or the regime itself which could ignite an uncontrollable chain re

Following Israel's attack on Iran through airstrikes targeting Iran nuclear power plant the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a special 'State Of Emergency' for the nation Bloomberg has reported that,