Israel Accelerates Strikes on Iran’s Military Industry as Cease-Fire Prospects Loom
An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fires rockets along the Israel–Lebanon border on March 18, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images Israel has accelerated its air campaign against Iran’s military-industrial base, seeking to inflict maximum damage on weapons production and missile infrastructure as the possibility of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire begins to take shape.