The Iran conflict has entered a new phase after US–Israeli strikes have destroyed key military infrastructure, killed thousands of regime personnel, and degraded Iran’s missile and drone launch rates.

Israel requires a new Mediterranean doctrine-one that accounts for a united Cairo-Ankara axis, aggressively bolsters the trilateral alliance with Greece and Cyprus, and ensures that the nation's vital offshore energy assets do not become hostages to this new geopolitical reality.

As Israel unleashed a sweeping military response to the brutal Oct. 7, 2023, assault by Hamas, it aimed punch after punch at the power of Iran, the group’s longtime sponsor, and its other proxies and allies in the region.

The joint US-Israel military campaign against Iran, launched with a stealth strike early Saturday, has also prompted a political battle in Washington over waging war without authorization from Congress as required by the constitution.

The doctrine aims not merely at air superiority but at air supremacy."And the decision was made to invest in the air force."

Over the weekend, the Washington Post was the latest to publish a claim that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the threat of launching a war with Iran solo as a way to pressure Donald Trump into the disastrous war he has now embroiled the United States in.

Ground operation targeting Hezbollah widens a regional war and threatens to strain Israel’s military resources.