Israel’s apparent attack on Iran a few days ago was deliberately limited in scope but provided a clear warning to the country’s leaders regarding the Zionist state’s ability to attack sensitive targets.
Tehran refuses to recognize Israel, and for decades the two countries have waged a shadow war characterized by covert Israeli operations in Iran, and Iran’s support for anti-Israel militant groups, including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“But although the spike in tensions over the past few weeks has subsided for now, the potential for war has entered a new phase, carrying the risk of open conflict between the parties greater than before,” analysts said, as quoted by AFP, Tuesday (23/4)
This escalation began when Israel carried out an airstrike on April 1 once morest the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing seven Iranian officials from the Revolutionary Guard. Iran responded with its first direct attack on Israel, involving hundreds of drones and missiles, although almost all were shot down by Israel and its allies.
Amid fears of a major Israeli retaliation for the attack, which might trigger another Iranian response, Israel instead opted for a much more limited option in the face of US pressure. They are suspected of carrying out an attack using a drone on Kora Isfahan, Iran, on Friday (19/4).
According to The New York Times, citing Israeli and Iranian sources, the target was a Russian-supplied S-300 missile radar system, a defense system at an air base in the central province of Isfahan, the area home to the Natanz uranium enrichment plant.
The origins of the attacks were not entirely clear, but included at least one missile fired from a fighter plane outside Iran and small attack drones known as quadcopters that might have been launched from inside Iran itself and aimed to confuse air defenses, the report said. .
Israel, as usual, neither confirmed nor denied carrying out the attack on Iran or the April 1 attack in Syria. “The aim of this operation is precisely to remind Iran of Israel’s capabilities,” said Arash Azizi, a senior lecturer at Clemson University in the United States. (AFP/M-3)
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