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Israel's Leaders Consider Response to Iranian Attack
(Wall Street Journal) Rory Jones - More than 300 drones and cruise and ballistic missiles were fired by Iran in a direct attack on Israeli soil, though no deaths were reported. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said last week his country would attack Iran should Tehran launch an assault on Israeli territory. "That assertion remains valid," Katz told the Israel's Army Radio on Sunday. Iran appeared to want to overwhelm Israel's defenses and destroy infrastructure at the major Nevatim air base, where its fleet of F-35 fighter planes is based, said Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, a former head of Israeli military intelligence. The base suffered only minor damage. "The idea of trying to de-escalate the war in the Middle East is no doubt in the U.S. interest, and no doubt also in Israel's," Yadlin said. "However, the deterrence of Iran and the punishment of Iran for Israel is more important."