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Source: https://www.jns.org/six-months-into-the-war-gaza-could-become-secondary-arena/
Gen. Amos Yadlin: The Problem Is Not Gaza. The Problem Is Iran.
(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - "I think by now everybody understands the problem is not Gaza. The problem is Iran. Iran is behind all of this," former head of Israeli Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin said on April 4. "Iran is enjoying the fact that Israel was diverted toward a front in Gaza. Most of the world is ignoring the fact that Iran continues to advance to a nuclear weapon." While Israel has spent years combating Iranian efforts to transfer weapons to Hizbullah and entrench itself in Syria, prior to Oct. 7 it was careful not to target Iranians, said Yadlin. However, when "Iran launched its proxies against Israel from Lebanon, from Syria, from Yemen, from Iraq, Israel changed the policy and "took off the gloves."