Israel is weighing up how to strike back against Iran. Here’s how it could play out.

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******* is weighing up how to strike back against Iran. Here’s how it could play out.

******* is considering retaliation after Iran’s missile ******* on Tuesday.

Experts suggest *******’s counterattack could hit Iran economically, with it targeting oil facilities.

Others say ******* could hit key figures in Iran instead of its energy infrastructure.

******* is considering its next move after Iran attacked it with

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on Tuesday.

******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly promised retaliation,

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Iran “will pay” for its “mistake.”

The world is now waiting to see what happens next. Global stocks dipped again on Thursday, while oil prices rose further as markets braced for a wider regional war in the Middle East.

Experts

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that a strike could take place in the next few days, though the method, timing, and extent of retaliation remain unclear.

Many ***** that an emboldened ******* would strike back ******* than it has previously. “The conflict in the region is really going according to Netanyahu’s playbook,” Shahram Akbarzadeh, a professor in Middle East and Central ****** Politics at Deakin University, Australia, wrote in

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“He has been advocating for hitting Iran and for the ******* States to target Iran. Now, ******* has the justification to retaliate against Iran and also drag the ******* States into the conflict.”

There are several potential targets Netanyahu may be considering:

Iran’s oil facilities

One target could be Iran’s oil production facilities.

Iran is a big player in the global market for crude oil. According to Reuters, Iran produces 3.2 million barrels of oil per day, or roughly 3% of global output.

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said he would “urge the Biden administration to coordinate an overwhelming response with *******, starting with Iran’s ability to refine oil.”

Iran’s oil refineries should be “hit and hit hard,” he added.

An unnamed person briefed on the situation told the

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reported that this option was “gaining momentum.”

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Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran will ‘pay’ for its ******* on *******. Reuters

That could have major implications for the rest of the world.

Oil prices

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on Thursday, fueled by speculation that the growing conflict could limit production. Brent crude futures were up $1.41, or 1.91%, at $75.31 a barrel on Thursday morning. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose $1.45, or 2.07%, to $71.55, according to

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With oil prices rising, there are fears that the industrial recession the US economy is experiencing could snowball into a full-fledged downturn.

“Oil prices spiking, energy prices spiking in the past, have been enough to tip the economy from a slowing into a recession,” Piper Sandler economist Jake Oubina, said in an interview with

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on Tuesday.

“So I think that’s what we have to worry about.”

************** attempts

Some ******** officials who spoke to Axios said targeted assassinations could also be an option.

Beni Sabti, a researcher in the Iran program at the Institute of National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, told the FT that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is unlikely to be a target.

However, he added that members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard or advisors to the leader could be the subject of an ************** attempt.

“If they are not there, part of the leader is not there,” he said.

*******’s offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah — including the

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and the

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— shows the powerful extent of its capabilities.

Chris Doyle, director of the Council for ***** British Understanding NGO, previously told *** that ******* is likely to believe that an ******* on Iran would be “relatively pain-free” and predicted it to occur within days.

Nuclear sites

Former ******** leader Naftali Bennett suggested that ******* should carry out a large-scale ******* on Iran’s nuclear program.

“******* has now its greatest opportunity in 50 years, to change the face of the Middle East,” Bennett wrote in an

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“We must act now to ******** Iran’s nuclear program, its central energy facilities, and to fatally cripple this ********** regime,” he added.

Meanwhile, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, the ******** chief of staff, said the country has “capabilities to reach and strike any point in the Middle East,” according to

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The Biden administration would not support a nuclear strike over fears that it would be a catalyst for further conflict that would draw in US troops, according to the same outlet.

Speaking to Axios, a US official said the Biden administration made clear in meetings with the ******** government that it supported a potential response but believed it should be measured.

Few observers believe an ******* of large magnitude could be carried out without the support of the US.

Military bases

******* could also target the same bases from which Iran’s missiles were launched.

Farzan Sabet, a senior research associate at the Global Governance Centre and the Sanctions and Sustainable Peace Hub at the Geneva Graduate Institute, told *** it’s possible ******* could target missile and drone facilities involved in the attacks or air defense systems.

However, Sabet added that ******* may instead want to coordinate a “much larger and more destructive *******,” including against nuclear facilities and leadership sites.

“I think we are already in a regional war, and this is what it looks like,” Sabet said.

“But we are not yet in an all-out war. *******’s next steps will dictate whether it will escalate to a new rung in the ladder.”

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