The article names the US and Israel as the initiating aggressors of the original offensive but then frames the subsequent exchange of attacks as mutual and symmetrical, applying a stricter standard of attribution to the side that struck first and a vaguer, both-sides standard to the retaliatory phase.

How it builds, in Origin of conflict and ceasefire collapse paragraph

Named actors: Israel and US credited as initiators
Israel and the US launched a joint offensive on Iran in February
Active voice with named agents for the original strike
Iran's response labelled retaliatory, Tehran named
triggering retaliatory attacks from Tehran across the region
Active voice with named agent, but framed as reaction not initiation
Symmetrical framing erases who restarted hostilities
the US and Iran exchanging attacks for nearly two weeks
Agentless mutual framing: no actor credited with breaking the ceasefire
Passive voice: no actor named for collapse
The deal, however, collapsed last month
Agentless passive: responsibility for ceasefire breakdown unattributed

The same decision, both sides

Attribution of who initiated hostilities

The US and Israel are named in active voice as the party that launched the original offensive.

Israel and the US launched a joint offensive on Iran in February

The party or parties who broke the ceasefire and restarted fighting are not named; the collapse is rendered in the passive.

The deal, however, collapsed last month with the US and Iran exchanging attacks for nearly two weeks.

Framing of violence as initiated versus mutual

The February violence is framed as a directed, named action by Israel and the US against Iran.

Israel and the US launched a joint offensive on Iran in February

The later violence is framed as a symmetrical exchange with no initiating party identified.

the US and Iran exchanging attacks for nearly two weeks

What a reader is left with. A reader is left with a clear picture of who started the war in February but no picture of who restarted it after the ceasefire, making the second round of violence appear mutually caused even though the same article's own logic of named agency was available to apply.

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Israeli army launches naval, ground drills amid escalating US-Iran tensions

The Israeli army launched two-day naval and ground drills on Monday as regional escalation continues to rise between the US and Iran. A military statement said the exercise will continue until Tuesday evening in the area between Shavei Tzion in the north and Ashdod in the south. The drills would include intensive movements of ships and security forces, the army said, adding that the exercise had been planned in advance and was not linked to any security incident. The army also announced another military drill in Raanana in central Israel on Monday evening that will include the use of lighting equipment and intensive movement of army forces and rescue vehicles. The drills come as the Middle East region remains on edge since Israel and the US launched a joint offensive on Iran in February, triggering retaliatory attacks from Tehran across the region. The US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in April and subsequently signed a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding in June aimed at ending their military conflict and reaching a lasting peace agreement. The deal, however, collapsed last month with the US and Iran exchanging attacks for nearly two weeks. On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that he canceled a planned military strike against Iran after Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries requested time to finalize the framework of a peace deal, saying Israel has joined the commitment.

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