Iran Update, August 1, 2024Andie Parry, Kelly Campa, Katherine Wells, Annika Ganzeveld, Siddhant Kishore, Alexandra Braverman, Ria Reddy, and Nicholas CarlInformation Cutoff: 2:00pm ETThe Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. Iran and its allies fired around 170 one-way attack drones, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles at Israel in the April 2024 attack. Iran could inadvertently trigger an expanded conflict with Israel and even the United States if Iran launches an attack along the lines described here. [15] Both cities are far more populated than the two remote locations that Iran targeted in April 2024. [41]Palestinian fighters continued to attack Israeli forces in Tal al Hawa, southwestern Gaza City, on August 1.

Source: New York Times August 02, 2024 02:16 UTC