Despite stunning early successes in Israel’s unprecedented strikes on Iran, a weekend of intensive bombardment and retaliation is raising questions about Israel’s exit strategy – how it can end this conflict with its ambitious goals achieved.

Shops and restaurants are shuttered. School is suspended. The airport is closed. Bleary-eyed residents trudge between shelters and bedrooms all night as bombs crash. The front page of the largest newspaper put it succinctly on Sunday: “History.