Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing up his next move – from targeting oil assets and missile programmes to assassinating the country’s leaders

JERUSALEM — Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening in a major attack with little advance warning, sending Israelis scrambling for shelter as the security cabinet convened in a bunker and the United States readied forces to come to Israel’s defense.

Iran has little chance of defeating Israel in an all-out war. Tehran is in no position to dictate terms, and it knows it.