Army chief: Iran's missile attack on Israel's territory "will be met with a response" | DW News

Israel's

army

chief

Hatti Hali has pledged to respond to Iran's retaliatory

attack

over the weekend. The government's war cabinet met again on Monday. There has been no announcement of any definitive action, but Hevi says Iran

will

face consequences. We are closely evaluating the situation. We continue at our highest level. level of preparedness Iran

will

face the consequences of its actions we will choose our

response

accordingly the IDF remains ready to counter any threat from Iran and its terrorist proxies as we continue our mission to defend the state according to media reports commanders are seeking a

response

that will harm to Iran without triggering a broader war there are international calls for restraint here's a look at some of the options a long shadow war that has come to light with Iran's

attack

on Israel over the weekend the government of Israel faces pressure from within the country to forcefully counterattack Teran to maintain deterrence, the biggest risk and most drastic step Israel could take would be to attack Iran's nuclear program, which could quickly lead to a major escalation of the conflict that Israel suspected of attacking Iran's uranium enrichment facilities before including them. in 2010 with a computer virus program that set Iran's nuclear program back years, but never officially acknowledged it.

A step down in intensity would be that airstrikes on Iran's oil facilities, military airports, or other military facilities attacking oil targets could significantly shake the world economy and attacks on Iran's military could force Iran to feel that has to respond again and tit fortat attacks that could lead to a regional war. In both cases there are military and technical problems. Israel's stock of long-range ballistic

missile

s is low and fighter jets would face a long, tough battle. A complicated journey towards its objectives further increases the risk for Israel. A third option is not an official public reaction, but taking the Shadow War back to the Shadows.

Israel is suspected of assassinating multiple Iranian nuclear officials and researchers over the past decade. Attacks on Iranian proxies in Syria and Lebanon that drive retaliation in this gray zone without attacking Iranian soil would likely allow Israel to avoid the escalation that its allies, such as the United States, have been trying to contain. See Mel is an associate member for the Middle East and the North. Africa Program at Chattam House of British Think Tank I asked if this is going to be the start of a tit forat escalation. Good morning, I hope not, but yes. Israel pledged to respond in the same way that Iran pledged to respond to the Israeli attack. in Damascus and there is the fear of a very slippery slope because of that, but we must pay attention to the wording the wording does not say that it has to be immediately it does not seem that you We know its extent, so there is enough room for diplomatic efforts, at less for now, but Israel's allies must reassure Israel about its DET turn without the need to retaliate, at least not retaliate in a way that drags the Middle East into In a regional war, this is the real danger, but You know that, like every country in a war situation, there is a bank of objectives with the assessment of what could lead to a low intensity response and what to much more. important answer and this is a calculation that the government must take into account, but okay, it is actually in a much better strategic situation today than three days ago, you can definitely say that, but you are still talking about the dangers of a The regional war remains one of Israel's biggest supporters and one of the biggest players in supporting Israel during this attack by Iran, which was supposedly in response to an alleged attack by Israel against that Iranian consulate in Syria.

What happens next? The United States is saying it will not join any Israeli retaliatory strikes against Iran, opening Israel to a variety of dangers and threats. I think the coordination on Saturday night showed that the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, and where and France, not to mention some Sunni countries in the Middle East, were behind Israel in trying to support it in defending its border , but this is not guaranteed if Israel is retaliating in a way that endangers them. One of the reasons why they supported Israel and participated in this operation to protect Israel was because it was a tactic against Israel and severely damaging Israel is against their interests, but to retaliate against Israel and then start this kind of actions could put them in danger and they are not interested, so again, this is something that Israel should calculate, sometimes showing restraint, actually taking its time because Iran failed to cause great damage.

In reality, he united the front against him so that Israel can take its time and reconsider the next step, but what has happened now with the deterrence of Israel's prime minister was harshly criticized yesterday by the opposition leader, who said that the Netanyahu's government was responsible for leading to the complete loss of Israeli deterrence in the wake of this preceding Iranian attack and the very fact that Iran launched that attack shows that the

territory

was damaged, but it has a lot to do with how in which Benjamin Nany and his irresponsible government are ruling Israel for almost a year and a half and are now creating friction within the country. damaged unity not only within the recruits but also within the military and reservists, many of whom refuse to volunteer until at least October 7 in a country that is heading down the path of dictatorship and instead of democracy, so when Mr.

La talks about Actually, he talks about Internal Affairs inside Israel, the failure to stop Hamas on October 7 and the way Israel conducts the war in Gaza and alienates many of his friends and allies around the world. Jessie Bebe. Thank you. Thank you very much for joining us, great to hear your ideas, thank you, DW correspondent, amanf is following the events in Jerusalem, we saw some of the options there, another of course is de-escalation, any sign of that, well, it's the Israel's war cabinet, ended it, met yesterday Monday saying they were going to plan a forceful counterattack, but one that was not designed to provoke a regional war.

We have also heard Benyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, say that any counterattack would be calculated and not come from the gut. then it would not be an emotional attack, it would be a very calculated attack and all of this language is designed to assure the partners and the people within Israel that there will not be a broader war and that this will reduce the intensity of the problem here is that Partners as States The United States and also other international actors such as the UN and China urge Israel not to respond at all, that is because do not forget that the Iranian attack was a response to an alleged Israeli attack against an embassy complex in Damascus that belonged to Iran.

Iran's attack over the weekend was seen as an attempt to end the matter at least by Iran and we seem to be convinced of this too, so Israel's version of de-escalation may not be that of Iran and that could provoke a regional war. Anyway, Ian, what about the timing of the response? Well, the war cabinet will meet again today, Tuesday, indicating that there will be no immediate response. Also the home front rules, which are the restrictions on public gatherings and things like this. that occurred just before the Iran attack have not been put in place and have been lifted, so that also indicates that we will not see anything in the next day, but we will have to do it.

Wait and see what pressure the Prime Minister faces to order a counterattack. Well, he faces great pressure from within his government. That's because he has formed a coalition with farri groups and they have urged an immediate attack on Iran, one that would drive him crazy. Basically, there are elements within his government that are looking for a regional war, they want to attack Iran and eliminate its nuclear capabilities before it has a nuclear weapon that can attack Iran and they want to take advantage of this moment, but it is the Israeli war cabinet. . that is going to make a decision on this counterattack and that contains centrists, like Benny Gant, who is not from Netanyahu's party and may be urging Netanyahu to show more restraint than he would otherwise show after the events for us from Jerusalem .