iranians an off-ramp, trying to give them the space to make sure that they can choose not to retaliate without losing face. it's important to remember, ana, this strike did not happen in a vacuum. april 1st there is that alleged israeli attack on the iranian embassy compound in damascus, and then last saturday, iran responding with that massive barrage of 350 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones, most of which were shot down by israel and its allies. in terms of the strike itself, it happened at around 4:00 a.m. the main target appears to have been a military base near the city of is ta han, a couple of hours south of tehran. a source familiar with the situation tells me it was a limited strike. the israelis spent the hours afterwards assessing the damage, assessing the effectiveness. it is not clear at this point whether israel carried out this

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