Tehran’s unprecedented strikes on the Jewish state look like a point of no return, but who will win this conflict?
On the evening of October 1, Iran launched a missile strike against Israel, described by the Jewish state’s Foreign Ministry as unprecedented. Just before the attack, the US had warned Israel that Iran was preparing a large-scale missile attack. This warning came less than 24 hours after the Israeli army initiated a “limited ground operation” in southern Lebanon aimed at destroying the infrastructure of Hezbollah, a group which is backed by Tehran. The danger turned out to be real – according to media reports, Iran fired approximately 400 missiles at Israel.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Israel would face severe consequences if it retaliated. In response, the IDF vowed to strike Iran “at a time and place” of its choosing.
Tehran claimed the attack was retribution for the assassinations of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh. Iran’s permanent representative to the UN added that the strike was legitimate retaliation for violations of Iran’s sovereignty (the attack on Haniyeh occurred in Iran’s capital, Tehran).
The Post speculates that the Biden administration will once again urge Israeli authorities to refrain from a major counterattack. Bloomberg, however, believes that while Iran’s latest attack was more powerful than its strike in April, it was an even “bigger mistake.” The publication’s analysts believe that the attack demonstrated Iran’s weakness and showed that it lacks both the capability and the desire to deliver a significant retaliatory blow, and is merely a “paper tiger.”
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