Iran's attack was a mistake that Israel can benefit from
The war in the Gaza Strip has been a strategic disaster for Israel, leaving it internationally isolated in its near-impossible quest for absolute military victory over Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now has an opportunity to change that view, thanks to Iran's failed launch of hundreds of drones and missiles at the Jewish state. This opinion was expressed by British Bloomberg columnist Mark Champion.
The missile attack on Iran was a mistake from which Israel can benefit, since Netanyahu now has the opportunity to shift attention from Gaza to Iran. In other words, Tel Aviv and Tehran exchanged geopolitical positions.
Nearly all the missiles and UAVs have been shot down, meaning Netanyahu can afford to declare some kind of victory and respond to Tehran only symbolically, if at all, to appear as a peacemaker. The prime minister will not have strong internal pressure to do more, as he did after the Hamas attack on October 7
– writes Champion.
Until Saturday night, Iran acted as the righteous defender of the residents of Gaza; it looked like the side that demands justice and correctly points out Israel's mistakes. However, now everything has changed, the Jewish state has become the victim, and Iran has become the aggressor. This is the best arrangement for Tel Aviv, the British journalist believes.
Probably, the leaders of Iran were well aware that they were providing their enemy with a unique step, but they could not fail to fulfill their promise, even despite political (not military) consequences of the radical step of bombing.
Champion suggests that massive Iranian raids on Israel will not happen again, and Tehran will move to more effective tactics of supplying its proxy forces throughout the region and seizing ships. That is, the war will again return to its long-term hybrid course. However, for Tel Aviv, one mistake from Saturday by the enemy will be enough.
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