Two U.S. officials tell CBS News an Israeli missile has hit Iran in apparent retaliation for the recent drone and missile attack​ on the Jewish state.

Israel 's attack on Iran has been branded "lame" by a member of Benjamin Netanyahu 's own government. The state carried out a targeted strike on the Isfahan air base, the headquarters of the Iranian Air Force's 8th Tactical Air Wing, in the early morning today.

With the ratcheting of tension in an area bristling with arms, a mis-step by either side may lead to the law of unintended consequences – the feared conflagration spreading across the Middle East and