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Is Israel signaling that it has the ability to hit Iran even without carrying out special operations against military facilities? Will the Israeli government know how to take advantage of the regional political-security change, and the pleas of the US and other countries, and reduce its response to harsh sanctions against Iran?
Early in the morning, foreign publications were spread in Iran, the US and other media channels about attacks in Iran, Iraq and Syria. Very quickly, the reports focused on an Iranian military airport in Isfahan, from which apparently unmanned Iranian aircraft took off on their way to attack Israel.
Throughout the past week, the need for Israel to respond militarily to the Iranian attack between Mochash and Shishon has arisen. In the background of the thought processes in the security establishment and in front of the political echelon, it was clear that under American pressure and other countries, Israel would seek to "convey a message", and not carry out a broad action, which would drag Iran into a direct confrontation and continues against Israel.
Therefore, in the analysis of the foreign publications about the secretive and relatively silent operation, which included heavy drones that attacked an Israeli military airport in the Negev, it seems that it is a simple comparison of an eye for an eye? A focused and limited Israeli operation against targets In Iran, it was intended to leave the Iranians the space for denial and not to drag reaction upon reaction.
Another reason for limited action is pleasing the US, and continuing to focus on the Gaza Strip as the main theater of war. Another opening of a new combat arena will play to the detriment of Israel at this time.
The source of Israel's concern is the very fact that the intelligence community did not correctly assess the changing Iranian aggressiveness against the background of the ever-tightening connection with Russia, which responded to the assassination of an Iranian official in the heart of Damascus. Another aspect of Israel's concern involves changing the rules of the game: the Iranians have decided to bring the war between the countries to light, and turn it into a direct
confrontation Security in Israel to take into account a direct Iranian response, and this new equation. In Israel, a new player must be introduced into the equation to deter the Ayatollah regime.
In addition to the military question, another big question is asked: how will Israel leverage the international pressure on the Israeli government to prevent a broad attack on Iran, which will drag the region to escalation, into a coalition against Iran that will result in severe economic sanctions and the narrowing of its steps in the nuclear project, the missile project, etc. If such a coalition is not formed, Israel and Iran are sliding into a different and very dangerous kind of conflict.
Bottom line, according to the foreign publications, Israel made it clear that it knows how to cause damage to facilities throughout Iran without having to send fighter jets on a flight path of 1,500 km. In doing so, it draws a new equation: Iran must send long arms to reach and strike Israeli territory. In contrast, Israel can allow herself to hurt her even without special actions, which will help her react in this delicate situation.