Daniel Hagari recently announced that Iranian aircrafts were expected to land within hours. At approximately lunchtime on Sunday, April 14, Israel targeted a building in east Lebanon in what appeared to be a retaliatory strike following promises of a response to previous attacks. It is the hope of many that the ongoing tit-for-tat attacks between Iranian surrogates and Israel will cease.
There is concern that the current escalation of attacks, initiated by Iranian surrogates and reciprocated by Israel, will only lead to further retaliation and conflict. There are warnings that if Israel were to launch a counter-attack on Iranian cities, it could lead to a spiral of violence involving drones, cruise missiles, and the potential involvement of other nations, such as Russia. The situation highlights the complex fault-lines and the potential for further entanglement in the conflict.
Senior policy researcher at RAND, Michelle Grisé, has previously warned about the possibility of Putin’s nation being drawn into the already war-torn region due to these revenge attacks.
