Israel must choose between responding to the Iranian attack and annihilating Hamas battalions in the Gaza Strip, experts estimate. "Israel will not be able to carry out an offensive in Rafah and a response against Iran at the same time," considers Michael Horowitz, director of Le Beck's security cabinet.
"There will be a sequence, and a decision that will have to be made," he assures AFP. Israel will act "at the time, place, and manner we determine," army spokesman Daniel Hagari warned on Monday. Iran claims that scores with its sworn enemy are provisionally settled following its attack, which was in response to the bombing of its consulate in Damascus on April 1, in which seven Revolutionary Guards were killed. The Israeli press, citing security sources, believes it knows that the offensive against Rafah was to begin this week, although the plans of the army, which has not reported on the matter, were impacted by the Iranian attack. The Israeli government is convinced of being able to triumph in both confrontations.