(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser - The presumed Israeli attack on Iran clarified to the Iranians that whereas we are not as vulnerable as they thought, they are more vulnerable than they thought. They have difficulty hitting us, but we have no difficulty hitting them. Nobody wants to see an escalation, so the strike was conducted in a way that doesn't have to lead to escalation. The fact that we chose targets that were in the vicinity of a major nuclear facility, but were linked to the Iranian missiles and airforce, communicated that we can reach other targets as well. Since we don't want escalation, we chose targets nearby that were involved in the attack against Israel. If we want to, we can send a stronger message. The main mission on our agenda is to finish the war in Gaza. We have hostages to release. We have Hamas to destroy. We must focus on that. At the same time, the strike indicates that our options are open to take further action at the time of our choosing. The writer, Director, National Security and Middle East Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, is former head of the IDF Military Intelligence Research Division.
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