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Iran’s previous missile barrages—Operation True Promise 1 in April 2022 and Operation True Promise 2 later that year—sought to retaliate against Israeli and American targets following the targeted killing of Iranian generals. These attacks marked Iran’s first direct military engagement with Israel and signaled their willingness to escalate conflicts, viewing their missile campaigns as ideological battles against "the great Satan," a term they frequently use to describe the U.S.