"Israel will not stop until Iran's nuclear sites are destroyed…If it doesn't happen now, it will happen later on," Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi told Newsweek.

Iran is bracing for a retaliatory attack by Israel, which analysts say will probably target military sites rather than nuclear or oil facilities.

T here is something ironic about the fact that, of all the countries in the Middle East, Iran is the one that now finds itself on the brink of war with Israel. Iran is not one of

The two countries have been fighting a shadow war for years. But direct attacks are bringing direct reprisals, or at least plans for them.

The U.S. is pushing back against a claim made by The Times of London that Israel is delaying its expected retaliation strike against Iran because of the leak of a U.S. assessment of its war plans. “We have no indication that Israel is delaying any action because of the document leak,