Tel Aviv: Israel launched the largest air attack in history on Iran in the early morning of Saturday, October 26. According to the report of Israeli media outlet Jerusalem Post, more than 100 Israeli fighter jets were involved in the attack on Iran on Saturday. Among them was the state-of-the-art F-35. The attacks come more than three weeks after Iran’s October 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel. With retaliatory action, Israel has given a message to Iran that a direct attack on it will definitely be answered. Let us know what Israel wanted to achieve through this attack and whether it was successful.
Preparations to rein in Iran
In the last decade, Iran has become increasingly aggressive in the region. It attacked Saudi Arabia with drones and missiles in 2019. It attacked ships in the Gulf of Oman. Last year, arms were given to the Houthis to attack ships. Launched ballistic missile attacks on Kurds in Iraq. Missiles have been fired at armed groups in Syria and Pakistan. It has carried out hundreds of militia attacks on US forces in Iraq since 2019. Iran did this because there was never any retaliatory action against it.
Israel has given a message through this attack that Iran cannot survive every attack. “The Iranian regime and its proxies in the region have been continuously attacking Israel from seven fronts since October 7, including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” the Israeli military said in a statement after the attack. Iranian military bases have been targeted in Israeli air strikes.
Iran’s reaction will be important
Israel is working to deter Iran and claiming it has the right to respond. This is necessary, but it will be important to see Iran’s response to this attack. Israel says that the State of Israel, like every other sovereign country in the world, has the right to respond. Israel is now busy carrying out these attacks and protecting the country from Iran’s possible response.
Middle East on the brink of new war
Israel was planning this attack for the last few weeks and it was conducted with full preparation. This means that Iran had already received the message that it would get a reply. Israel had also discussed with its ally the US on how to keep the response so as not to provoke a major war. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on a tour of the Middle East this week and the issue is certainly on his mind. Now the ball is in Iran’s court. If Iran retaliates, tensions could increase further in the already war-torn region.