Iranian Missile Attack Leaves Region on Edge, Wondering What Comes Next

Published on October 9, 2024

Iran ratcheted up tensions throughout the Middle East on Oct. 1 as its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired around 180 ballistic missiles at targets across Israel. Now military planners, diplomats, and foreign policy analysts are trying to gauge how Israel can respond, and how much further Iran is prepared to escalate. Israel reported intercepting many of the Iranian ballistic missiles, with help from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Jordan. Still, some of the missiles struck locations in Israel. Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, assessed that more than 30 of the Iranian missiles hit the Nevatim Airbase. He shared a satellite photo on Oct. 4 pinpointing suspected missile impact craters along the flight lines and on buildings across the base....

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