The world is holding its breath in anticipation of a retaliatory strike by Israel in response to the October 1 missile attack by Iran on the Jewish nation.
What started as a regional conflict with Palestinian terror group Hamas’s attack on Israel exactly a year ago, now threatens to escalate into a full-blown war in the Middle East.
During the past year, Israel has fought Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, which have been acting as Iran’s proxies. But with the October 1 attack, Iran directly got involved in the conflict. India Today takes a look back at the story so far and what the current situation on the ground in the Middle East now seems to be like.