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With Mild Strike, Israel Aims to Bolster Coalition to Tackle Iran Nuke Threat
(Times of Israel) David Horovitz - The reported Israeli response to Iran's launch of hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel was far more symbolic than damaging - designed to send messages, preserve alliances, avoid any further escalation in the short term, and keep a focus on the strategic, indeed existential, imperative of ensuring that the regime in Iran does not attain a nuclear weapons capability. The response also appears to have been designed with an awareness of the central importance of Israel's relationship with the U.S., which is maintaining the vital flow of military assistance for the war against Hamas and other defense needs, and single-handedly prevented UN recognition of Palestinian statehood on Thursday.