For years the two countries have been engaged in a shadow war. Why, and will it finally explode into a direct confrontation? Patrick Wintour reports When the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, one of Iran’s closest allies, was assassinated by Israel, it was clear that the Islamic regime would openly retaliate. This week it fired more than 100 missiles at Israel. It is yet another step towards a full-blown regional war in the Middle East. Yet Patrick Wintour, the Guardian’s diplomatic editor,

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