Israel Returns Fire on Iran and Its Proxies

Iran swore in a new President to chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” on Tuesday. But within hours death arrived for Iran’s proxy allies, in strikes that show Israel’s enemies aren’t safe anywhere. The media is fretting about a broader war, but that war is already here and it’s as likely the strikes have a deterrent effect on Tehran, even as it responds.

Israel killed Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah’s top military commander, in a precision air strike on south Beirut on Tuesday. Some hours later Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s top political leader, was killed by an attack on his floor of a residence in Tehran, of all places. Israel hasn’t taken responsibility for the Tehran strike, but that’s the Occam’s razor explanation.