Even the prospect of civil war cannot be ruled out,' an expert tracking growing violence in the West Bank told Newsweek.

Critics feared it would plunge the Middle East into a wider war. That doomsday scenario has not come to pass, at least for now: Iran made only symbolic retaliation against America; soon after, a ceasefire ended the fighting between Iran and Israel.

It also said that 86% of ballistic missiles launched by Iran at Israel were successfully intercepted. Israel relied in part on recent enhancements to its Arrow missile defense system, the ministry said, with some upgrades coming just days before the operation began.