
This news broke very late Friday, at least in the U.S., but Israel has launched what it calls a "preemptive strike" against the Iranian capital of Tehran.
At the moment, nobody in the media seems to know exactly what the target was. And obviously, it is not yet known if and how Iran will return fire. The one thing you can be sure about is that Israel would not have done this without some sort of sign-off from the United States. That conclusion is supported by the fact that the U.S. has been maneuvering in the region, and Donald Trump has been talking about striking Iran for at least a week.
We wanted to post a brief note for now; we will undoubtedly have something more substantive tomorrow, assuming there are further developments. (Z)