Just four days into its ferocious air campaign, Israel appears to have gained a decisive edge in its escalating conflict with Iran: aerial supremacy over Iran. The Israeli militar

Israeli officials have been pushing the United States to join the fray and use its huge bunker-busting bomb to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

Israel eliminates Iran’s war chief Ali Shadmani in Tehran airstrike, disrupting regime’s top command just days after predecessor’s death.

But Israel's formidable and sophisticated military forces - with an arsenal largely, but not exclusively, provided by the United States - are enabling it to overpower a much larger enemy. The BBC looks at the military balance in the latest war in the Middle East.

The Israeli military's new "Barak Magen" air defense system intercepted eight Iranian drones after launching from a naval ship on Sunday night.

In total, Tehran has sent 370 ballistic missiles toward Israel, with around 30 hitting targets in the country, the Israeli government says.

Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner's trip for counterterrorism training in Israel is canceled after Israeli airstrikes in Iran.