US, Israel Said to Plan New Strikes on Iran After Midterms

The reported timing is the signal worth reading here: linking operational planning to a domestic political calendar implies the pause is political rather than military, which matters for how markets price Middle East risk between now and the vote. The item names no targets or scope, so the practical effect is a longer window of uncertainty rather than a defined escalation. Whether the post-election plans are executed as drawn, and how Iran reads the sequencing, is the open question.