Timeline of Recent Tensions in the Middle East

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Timeline of Recent Tensions in the Middle East

April 1: Airstrikes in Damascus

******* carried out airstrikes that hit part of the Iranian Embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, ******** three senior Iranian commanders and four officers involved in Iran’s covert operations. The *******, one of the deadliest in the yearslong shadow war between ******* and Iran, increased regional tensions, which were already strained over the war in Gaza and hostilities involving Iran-backed groups. ******** officials, speaking anonymously, confirmed the strike but denied that the targeted building had diplomatic status.

April 14: A barrage of missiles and drones against *******

Iran retaliated for the Damascus strikes by launching more than 300 drones and missiles against *******, its first open ******* on ******* from Iranian soil. The strikes, aimed at military targets, caused minor damage and injured a young girl. ******* intercepted most of the projectiles and others were shot down by U.S. and Jordanian defenses. The calibrated *******, telegraphed well in advance, demonstrated Iran’s effort to avoid mass casualties or direct war, analysts said.

July 13: An airstrike in a designated humanitarian zone of Gaza

******* tried to ***** Muhammad Deif, a top ****** military commander in Gaza, in an airstrike that the territory’s health ministry said ******* 90 people and injured 300 others. The strike hit a strip of coastal land known as Mawasi, which ******* had designated as a humanitarian zone, and where thousands of displaced Palestinians were living. Mr. Deif, believed to be a mastermind behind the Oct. 7 ******* on *******, had long been a high-priority target, and after weeks of uncertainty about his condition, ******** authorities said in August that he had been *******. ****** has not explicitly confirmed or denied *******’s claim.

July 27: Rocket strikes in the ********-controlled Golan Heights

A rocket from Lebanon struck a soccer field in the Druse town of Majdal Shams in the ********-controlled Golan Heights, ******** 12 teenagers and children, according to the ******** military. It was the deadliest single ******* from across *******’s northern border in months of hostilities. ******* accused Hezbollah, but the group denied responsibility.

July 30: A second strike in Beirut

******* targeted Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah leader and close adviser to the organization’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in a deadly strike in Beirut. ******** officials described the ******* as a response to the Golan Heights rocket strike, but the ******** quickly raised concerns in the region about *******’s willingness to strike deep within Lebanese territory.

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