Calculated strike: Missiles launched from Iran are seen in the sky near Kfar Saba, Israel, on Oct 1. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
IRAN’S barrage of missiles against Israel may have inflicted minimal military damage on its regional foe, but analysts say that Tehran saw it as a critical move to shore up regional support – and a signal to Western powers that without quick diplomatic pressure the conflict could spiral even further.
Israel, encouraged by the decapitation of the leadership of Iran’s most powerful regional ally, Hezbollah, and its assassinations of Iranian allies across the region, is unlikely to be deterred after Iran’s overnight strike, in which the majority of more than 180 ballistic missiles were shot down by Israeli air defences with the help of the US military.
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