The Jerusalem Post's Aaron Reich reflects on spending time in a bomb shelter during the Iran attack.
Iran's intelligence services established a unit to combat the activities of the Israeli Mossad in the country. Ahmadinejad claimed that the head of the unit was secretly a Mossad agent.
"The overall goal is to turn the temperature down in the region, deter and defend against those attacks, and avoid regional conflict," Jonathan Finer, White House Deputy National Security Advisor.
The fact is that Iran remains an existential threat to Israel.
"The Islamic Republic has always supported the resistance of the people of the region against the illegitimate Zionist regime," Pezeshkian said in a message to Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah.
Following Iran's Saturday night attack on Israel, Western and Middle Eastern partners have worried about Israel's next steps and questioned what the retaliation could resemble.
Israel's past reluctance to escalate conflicts could shift, considering the current threats that extend beyond its borders to include significant global implications.
For Israeli deterrence to endure for decades to come, Iran must face the full extent of Israel’s military and security capabilities.
While Israel reserves the right to retaliate as a sovereign nation directly attacked by another, it has already won a significant victory by denying one to Iran.
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