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The escalation between Israel and Iran saw an exchange of missile attacks, including the April 14 Iranian attack on Israel, followed by the Israeli strike inside Iran on April 18. Both countries downplayed the scope and impact of the other side’s attacks. Israel said its air defenses intercepted almost all of Iranian missiles and drones with the help of the U.S. and allies. Iran claimed its attack on Israel was devastating and sidestepped blaming Israel for the Friday strike.
Throughout its decades-long proxy war with Israel, Iran has been providing financial and military aid to Hamas, whose fighters killed 1,200 people and took 253 hostages, including American citizens, in Israel last October, sparking the ongoing war. The United States redesignated Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization after that attack. Hamas released some 100 hostages in November but refuses to free the rest, whose fate and well-being remain unknown to their families.
Throughout its decades-long proxy war with Israel, Iran has been providing financial and military aid to Hamas, whose fighters killed 1,200 people and took 253 hostages, including American citizens, in Israel last October, sparking the ongoing war. The United States redesignated Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization after that attack. Hamas released some 100 hostages in November but refuses to free the rest, whose fate and well-being remain unknown to their families.