Israel Wakes Up to New Reality After US Strikes Iran

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urges all sides to step back, return to the negotiating table and prevent further escalation.

- Bloomberg

TEL AVIV: Israelis woke up to a new reality on Sunday after President Donald Trump confirmed that the US bombed Iran's three main nuclear sites, diminishing a threat they've considered existential for decades.

The US attack was embraced across the Israeli political spectrum, lauded on hastily assembled TV panels as a historic symbol of unprecedented US-Israeli cooperation at a time when the Jewish state has been shunned by others for its war in Gaza.

But commentators and officials were quick to acknowledge that what comes next is far from clear, including Iran's potential responses. They expressed concern that Iran might attack US bases in the region or Israel's own nuclear research center near the desert town of Dimona, or escalate its own nuclear program.