air strike
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A Hezbollah flag had been put on what was left of the façade of his grocery, destroyed after an Israeli air strike hit the building next door last month.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Iran has not confirmed the death of its security chief, Ali Larijani, who Israel says it killed in an overnight air strike.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
It also comes after Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, broke his silence for the first time as the country’s supreme leader since succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in an air strike.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
Satellite images viewed by AFP showed partially burned areas near the runway and damaged roofs, suggesting an air strike.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
A blockade was better than an immediate air strike, which could lead so quickly to all-out war.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
