3 Major Takeaways From Latest Escalation
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 8, 2026 08:09 PM IST Almost two months after a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, Iran and Israel traded direct strikes at each other’s territories again, over Sunday night and Monday. For a while, return to full-scale war looked imminent, till Iran announced it was halting its campaign as long as Israel too kept the peace. US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that “Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!”. He said “final negotiations” for peace were proceeding, “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.” What was different this time was that Iran launched attacks directly on Israel in retaliation for the latter’s actions in Lebanon. As multiple conflicts rage —Israeli action in Gaza, Israeli action in Lebanon, and the US-Israel-Iran tussle, with Iran’s retaliation covering much of West Asia — what do the events of the past day say about the future of the wars? Iran entrenches Lebanon position Iran has always said that any peace deal must include Lebanon too, but the …
