{"id":30099,"date":"2024-04-19T04:23:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/israel-threatened-to-retaliate-and-it-appears-to-have-been-a-carefully-chosen-response\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T04:23:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:23:16","slug":"israel-threatened-to-retaliate-and-it-appears-to-have-been-a-carefully-chosen-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/israel-threatened-to-retaliate-and-it-appears-to-have-been-a-carefully-chosen-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel threatened to retaliate – and it appears to have been a carefully chosen response"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israel threatened a retaliation, and it came before dawn on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Early indications suggest it was a single strike and on a deliberately chosen target<\/a><\/strong> – if that is the case, then this doesn’t appear to be the devastating response the Israeli war cabinet had warned of.<\/p>\n

There have been further reports of explosions heard in Iraq and Syria, but as yet to evidence of impacts – those explosions could possibly have been sonic booms caused by Israeli jets breaking the sound barrier.<\/p>\n

Middle East latest:<\/strong> Israel carries out operation in Iran, source says<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is an airbase outside Isfahan which is connected to Iran’s aircraft manufacturing industry – if this was the target then it appears to have been carefully chosen as a response to the drones flown at Israel on Saturday night: you fly drones at us, we take out the place they were built.<\/p>\n

It certainly doesn’t appear to be an attack on Iran’s nuclear industry, which would have been far more serious.<\/p>\n

The timing of the attack, around 4am in Iran, will probably have limited casualties too, and if so limit what Iran does next.<\/p>\n

Reports that Iran shot missiles out of the sky should be treated with some scepticism.<\/p>\n

On Saturday night Iran flew more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel<\/a><\/strong>: most were intercepted before they reached Israeli airspace and the ones that got through caused minimal damage to an airbase.<\/p>\n

If Israel has successfully flown F35 stealth jets into Iranian airspace, then it’s rather humiliating for the Iranian military and is a message from Israel that they can do what Iran cannot.<\/p>\n

Iranian leaders had threatened an immediate and strong response to any Israeli attack – we’ll see.<\/p>\n

Watch for any sign that Iran implicates the US in the strikes – that might signal their intent to label US bases in Iraq and Syria as legitimate targets for any response.<\/p>\n

Iran will of course be inclined to respond, but if this turns out to be a single strike, at a target connected to Iran’s attacks, and with limited civilian harm, then I don’t think Tehran will have reason, desire or justification to escalate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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