The shadow war between Iran and Israel has been exposed. What happens next?

Iranian demonstrators chant slogans during an anti-Israeli gathering in front of the British embassy in Tehran. Photo: AP

Kareem Chehayeb

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel early Sunday marked a change in approach for Tehran, which had relied on proxies across the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October. All eyes are now on whether Israel chooses to take further military action, while Washington seeks diplomatic measures instead to ease regional tensions.

Iran says the attack was in response to an airstrike widely blamed on Israel that destroyed what Iran says were consular offices in Syria and killed two generals with its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard earlier this month.