Iran Attacks Israel

TIMELINE:

At the beginning of April, Israel bombs the Iranian embassy in Syria and kills several high ranked Iranian military advisors. I ignored the story because in my judgment nothing had happened. Hardly a week goes by without Israel launching some type of attack in Syria and Lebanon.

Iran gets very angry about the Israeli airstrike and vows to retaliate.

Suspense builds over the past two weeks about the pending Iranian response.

Yesterday, the news broke that Iran had launched dozens of drones in an attack on Israel, which I initially dismissed as a nothingburger. It was telegraphed in advance. It was nothing but another face saving gesture like the rockets that were fired after Trump had General Soleimani assassinated.

Gradually, it becomes clear that the Iranian attack was much larger than expected and included cruise missiles which struck targets in Israel. The U.S., U.K. and Jordan assisted Israel in intercepting the missiles and drones and succeeded in shooting down most of them.

The Netanyahu government in Israel threatens an overwhelming response on Iranian soil.

Last night, the Biden administration announced that it would not support an Israeli attack on Iran, and the Israeli government appeared to be backing down and “taking the win.”

I was extremely skeptical that Israel would continue to show such restraint.

As of this afternoon, it seems the Israeli government is planning to retaliate after all. It remains unclear whether something has happened. We don’t know yet if this is going to blow over.

Your thoughts?

Did something happen in Israel yesterday or is this just more of the usual tit for tat between Israel and Iran when will be defused when cooler heads prevail?