View from Middle East as U.S.-Israel war in Iran intensifies

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published March 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM EST

Rescue workers and military personnel survey the scene of a direct hit a day after an Iranian missile struck in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (Oded Balilty/AP)

Israelis woke to the sound of explosions on Monday, as Iran hit back after American and Israeli forces started a war with Iran over the weekend. The war has already become a regional conflict and claimed hundreds of lives, including children, in an air strike that hit a girls’ school in southern Iran.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Nick Paton Walsh, CNN chief international security correspondent, who is reporting in Tel Aviv.

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