2024 Iran–Israel conflict

2024 Iran–Israel conflict
	Part of the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
	Missile interceptions in Lower Galilee, Israel, during the strikes on Israel, 1 October; An IDF F-35I Adir departs from a military base in Israel to attack Iran during the strikes on Iran, 26 October;
Date	1 April – 26 October 2024
Location	Iran; Iraq; Israel; Syria; West Bank; Lebanon; Jordan; Yemen; Red Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Strait of Hormuz;
Result	Prelude to the Twelve-Day War
Belligerents
Israel; Supported by:; United States; United Kingdom; France; Intelligence:; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates	Iran; Supported by:; Axis of Resistance: Syria; Houthis; Hezbollah; Islamic Resistance in Iraq Badr Organization; ; True Promise Corps;
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Netanyahu; Israel Katz; Herzi Halevi; Tomer Bar; Joe Biden; Lloyd Austin; Keir Starmer; John Healey; Rishi Sunak; Grant Shapps; Emmanuel Macron; Michel Barnier; Sébastien Lecornu; Gabriel Attal;	Ali Khamenei; Masoud Pezeshkian; Ebrahim Raisi; Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani; Aziz Nasirzadeh; Mohammad Bagheri; Abdolrahim Mousavi; Alireza Sabahifard; Hossein Salami; Amir Ali Hajizadeh; Bashar al-Assad; Ali Abbas; Ali Tawfiq Samra; Abdul-Malik al-Houthi; Naim Qassem; Hassan Nasrallah X; Ahmad al-Hamidawi; Mohammad al Tamimi; Hadi al-Amiri; Sheikh al-Tamimi;
Units involved
Israel Defense Forces Israeli Air Force; Air Defense Command; Home Front Command; ; United States Armed Forces United States Army Erbil Patriot battery; ; United States Navy USS Arleigh Burke; USS Carney; ; United States Air Force 379th Air Expeditionary Wing; ; CENTCOM; ; British Armed Forces CDS; Royal Air Force RAF Akrotiri; ; ; French Armed Forces French Navy; French Air and Space Force; ; Royal Saudi Armed Forces (claimed) Royal Saudi Air Defense; ;	Iranian Armed Forces Islamic Republic of Iran Army Air Defense Force; ; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy; Aerospace force; Quds Force; ; ; Syrian Armed Forces SAADF; ; Hezbollah's military Redwan Force; ; Yemeni Armed Forces (SPCTooltip Supreme Political Council);
Casualties and losses
Israel: 1 Israeli civilian dead (indirectly); 35 Israeli civilians injured;	Iran: 13 killed; Lebanon: 5 Iran-backed militiamen; 1 Hezbollah fighter;
	2 Syrian civilians killed; 2 Jordanian civilians injured (by shrapnel)

In 2024, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries in April, July, and October that year. On 1 April, Israel bombed an Iranian consulate complex in Damascus, Syria, killing multiple senior Iranian officials. In response, Iran and its Axis of Resistance allies seized the Israeli-linked ship MSC Aries and launched strikes inside Israel on 13 April. Israel then carried out retaliatory strikes in Iran and Syria on 19 April.

On 31 July, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated, in Tehran, Iran. The killing of Haniyeh occurred a few hours after the 2024 Haret Hreik airstrike in Lebanon that assassinated Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.

On 1 October, Iran launched a series of missiles at Israel. Israel then carried out more retaliatory strikes against Iran on 26 October. Several months later in June 2025, the Iran–Israel Twelve-Day war began when Israel launched a surprise attack targeting key Iranian military and nuclear facilities.

Analysts said the April Israeli strikes were limited and signaled a desire to de-escalate. The United States, United Kingdom, France, and Jordan intercepted Iranian drones to defend Israel. Syria shot down some Israeli interceptors, and Iranian proxies in the region also attacked Israel.