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.

Israel badly damaged one of Iran’s key nuclear sites and killed a startling array of top military and nuclear officials in the attacks that started on Friday morning. But when the sun rose after that devastating assault, it was also clear how much of Iran’s nuclear program remained, at least for now.

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.