A fortnight ago Iran aimed more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. Now Israel will respond, and the world is holding its breath. What it does next, and how Iran reacts, will determine whether the Middle East is engulfed by all-out conflict.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that his regime and not the U.S. will decide how to retaliate against Iran.

The Biden administration slapped fresh sanctions on Iran’s petroleum industry on Friday in retaliation for Tehran’s massive missile attack on Israel last week. The Treasury Department announced that the sanctions would target “the shadow fleet” of tankers and illicit operators that help transport the Iranian regime’s petroleum exports in violation of existing sanctions.