Hezbollah, Iran’s most powerful regional ally, has signaled privately that it does not intend to attack Israel, but Lebanon’s military has bolstered its presence in the country’s south to prevent rocket fire.

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.

In the latest development in the Iran-Israel war, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday claimed that it has neutralised the senior-most military official of Tehran, named Ali Shadmani. Shadmani was considered to be the closest military advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.