The IDF aerial superiority over Tehran after killing four Iranian intelligence officials and destroying one-third of Iran's missile launchers.

Despite stunning early successes in Israel’s unprecedented strikes on Iran, a weekend of intensive bombardment and retaliation is raising questions about Israel’s exit strategy – how it can end this conflict with its ambitious goals achieved.

President Trump rejected an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior U.S. official told USA TODAY.

At least 24 people have been killed in Israel as Iran launched retaliatory airstrikes targeting civilian areas. A U.S. Embassy branch in Tel Aviv suffered minor damage.

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Abas Aslani, Iran-based journalist and senior research fellow at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies describes to CNN’s Polo Sandoval on “Early Start” how people in Tehran are feeling, including the unity they’ve found amid Iran’s escalating tensions with Israel.

The war between Israel and Iran is in its fourth day, with Israel striking at military sites and Iran's nuclear program and Iran firing missiles in retaliation

An Israeli plan to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of its military offensive targeting the country's nuclear program has been privately vetoed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Israel and Iran both have little incentive to stop and no obvious route to outright victory. Much depends on President Trump.

Tehran residents tell Newsweek the city is filled with fear and uncertainty, as old memories of past conflicts resurface alongside quiet defiance.

Nineteen Israelis have been reported killed in Iranian attacks since Friday, while Iran’s health ministry says 224 have died in Israeli strikes.