India, June 16 -- The volatile confrontation between Iran and Israel has now entered a dangerously escalatory phase, with the two regional powers trading their most intense military blows in decades. Israel's largest-ever aerial offensive-reportedly designed to dismantle Iran's nuclear capabilities-has triggered a predictable, yet deeply unsettling, retaliatory spiral. In the early hours, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were rocked by air-raid sirens, sending millions scrambling for shelter as Iranian missiles cut through the skies. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's warning that "more is on the way" is not mere rhetoric-it's an affirmation of a geopolitical reality where restraint is no longer currency.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei,...