On Friday morning, the Israelis woke up on news that have delighted their hearts, as their army succeeded in carrying out a deception and surprise for the Iranians, which allowed the field to achieve important military achievements represented in the assassination of a number of senior military leaders and nuclear scientists, as well as the destruction of many Iranian nuclear and military facilities.
Of course, this surprising and rapid achievement prompted almost all political and military commentators to show off and boast about what happened and wrap again not only around the army, but also about the Netanyahu government. Ecstasy was overwhelmingly that almost everyone blinded to see what could happen, and any rational attempt to read the situation. Many seemed to many in Israel that the crazy Christian government finally succeeded in making a deep, rational act.
Islamic Iran did not need great propaganda to prove its demon in Israel. For decades, Israel pumped into the minds of its fans that it would have been safe if Islamic Iran was not present. In their view, it is the center of evil and it is the establishment of the “Axis of Evil”, and that all Israel’s problems with its surroundings would not have been without Iran.
Therefore, as soon as the Israelis agreed on the news of the actual and fabricated Israeli achievements, most of them forgot October 7, 2023 and its failures, and returned to the existence of the unavoidable tone of the army and the experience of overwhelming victory in this month of 1967. This is also the first time since 1973 that Israel fights a sovereign state.
But the joy did not appear. A few have warned of ecstasy, and tried to make warnings to show the difference between recklessness and wisdom, and how the Iranian response should be waiting for. Some, among them, had rushed, among them a number of military commentators, who were based on briefs from security officials, had rushed to the extent that Israel had destroyed its surprising attack on the ability of the distant Iranian response. Some of those who were less than this went on to say that Iran’s delay in response is often stems from the confusion of hierarchy issuing and implementing the response orders.
Naturally, the first thing that raised preliminary concerns among experts in Israel was the first American position issued by the Foreign Minister Marco Rubio And in which he tried to show America’s departure from it and not to involve it. However, these fears soon dissipated when Trump joined himself for the euphoria of victory, declaring that he was in the form of plans and that Israel carried out the “blessed” attack at the end of the warning deadline that he directed to the Iranians to conclude an agreement.
But after the Iranian response and almost the difference in the approach to what happened during the Biden era when the world recruited to defend Israel in the face of Iranian missiles, Israel stood alone this time. The Israelis noted the increasing Israeli requests with a greater American involvement in the military operation, which suggests the start of the feeling of convenience to the development of the confrontation.
After the Iranian missile shelling and targeting military and civilian vital facilities such as the army headquarters in Tel Aviv And the oil refinery in Haifa And the central power station in Al -Khedira andWeizmann Institute Science in Raobot and residential complexes in Bat Yam began to lead other voices, and criticism was first launched for the government not preparing society to bear the burdens of the new war, especially since the longest war in the history of Israel has not yet ended.
And since the enemy this time Iran With its capabilities, many cities felt unable to meet the needs of their shelters, at a time when the state granted ministers, senior officials and their families official shelters. What was the most imagined missile defense capabilities was powerless in front of the size and strength of the Iranian missile strikes. All land borders and airports were closed, and only some ports are partially active.
Ecstasy
Thus, only after less than 24 hours of “successful attack”, the Iranian response, which was forced by the Israeli president, the leader of the opposition and many leaders to describe him as “difficult” and the cruel, and that “last night was very difficult with a deadly hail from Iran.”
On the second day of the Iranian response, a leader said Israeli home front “Last night was difficult for Israel, and we are looking for survivors under the rubble in Bat Yam,” and even the Haaretz newspaper said that the defensive systems in Israel failed to face advanced Iranian missiles last night, and that the army and government leaders must extract the lessons and stop the war in order to avoid harsh and unwanted developments.
The close military commentators from the institution began searching for justifications for what was going on. The new war is not like The 1967 war It will not end with a fast and close decisiveness. Many of them have become publicly talking about the “decisive force” to destroy the Iranian nuclear project in the world only a single superpower, the United States. The demand from America to accelerate the end of the war by sending “B52” and “Mother of Bombs” to strike the Fordo reactor, for example.
Military analyst Yoav Zaitoun in Yediot Aharonot wrote: “Israel” is still hoping that the superficial bombs for the United States of America “the decisive blow” to destroy the Iranian nuclear project, and if this option does not happen, the Air Force will take place in Israeli army With the “exfoliation” of the Iranian defense layers, which may turn into a war of attrition, Therefore, the only “dramatic achievement” for “Israel” so far is to open Iranian airspace in front of a permanent presence of Israeli air.
Olive was forced to quoted a Western expert as saying that the Israeli raids were successful in some locations, “but in Iran’s sprawling, there are between 5 thousand and 10 thousand targets that must be dealt with, including dense air defenses, ballistic missiles, command and control centers, and this requires time to effectively strike the nuclear program through” peeling “and even then, the results may not be perfect.”
Barack Ravid wrote the political correspondent of “Walla” that one of the factors that may determine whether the Israeli war against Iran will achieve great success or a fatal mistake is the fate of a facility Uranium enrichment In Fordo. And that to destroy Fordo – a deep underground facility inside a mountain – Israel will need either exceptional tactical skill or great Emiri assistance.
But if the facility remains intact and available, it may be accelerated by the nuclear program that Israel insists on destroying instead of stopping it. Yahya Liter, Ambassador, stated Israel The United States has a Fox News last Friday, “the entire process must end … at Fordo.” For this reason, the Israeli government hopes that the Trump administration will eventually decide to join the operation.
Skeptical
Nothing intimidates the Israelis after a war that has been going on for more than 20 months, except for a new war of attrition. “Israel has opened a door for the war that is difficult to close. Israel appears to launch its recent attacks on Iran as if it entered the battle without a clear vision for the next day. It has learned the past decades US And Israel together is that wars with Iran are easy to ignite, but it is difficult to extinguish them. “
And the editorial of “Haaretz” warned that the campaign that was launched under the name “people like lion” is a war in every sense of the word. Although in the opening strike, every chain of the high leadership of Iran almost filtered, the political leadership of the Ayat Allah regime is still the same, led by the supreme leader Ali Khwami.
The head of the National Security Authority, Tasahi Henghabi, stressed that Israel is currently not working to change the system, but Netanyahu’s statements yesterday hinted to otherwise. In a photo speech, Netanyahu said, “Soon you will see Israeli Air Force planes over the sky TehranWe will strike every location and every goal of the system of the verses of God, ”meaning not only nuclear facilities are the goal, but also the system.
She added to Israel to know what is acceptable political achievement. The strategic goal now is not to liquidate the regime in Iran, but rather to ensure Israel’s security. It is prohibited that we forget that in the background the long and painful war in Gaza, the kidnapped, and the humanitarian catastrophe, is still raging. The operational successes are not a goal in itself. She must lead to a political step that gives an answer to the threat of nuclear, otherwise it will deteriorate into a comprehensive, long and destructive war.
Nahum Barneeh summarized a great commentator of “Yediot”, his anxiety stance, and wrote “Wars for the initiator to them begin with euphoria, euphoria and anxiety. Ecstasy is measuring and war continues.” Yossi Melman, the security commentator at Haaretz, wrote across X “The euphoria did not last long, on Friday, I asked if it was necessary to launch a war, especially on the Iranians. The Shiites are historically ready to bear the suffering. I mentioned their willingness to sacrifice, as they demonstrated this during the years of the eight war of attrition with Iraq. I advise everyone to reduce our losses and go to US President Donald Trump to stop this madness with a reasonable agreement, otherwise we will have to beg. For a ceasefireAnd Iran will reject it. “
“This is his war, the war that Netanyahu has been calling for years. And a decision to expose The home front In Israel at an unprecedented danger to a missile attack from Iran, his decision was the same, only his decision. The person who warned former Defense Secretary, Joav Gallant, immediate Revolutionary Guard“.
He continued: Contrary to his behavior in the war on the Gaza Strip, in which Netanyahu evades responsibility and is hiding behind his partners Smotrich and Bin Ghafir or the American administration, this time we got Netanyahu a copy “I gave orders, instructions, me and me.” After a moment of Netanyahu, he will say that he will only replace the Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff in order to go on the way to Tehran. Of course, if this event is held, the prime minister will search for the scapens of redemption who “did not wake him up”?
It is not a coincidence, and this case is that a senior Israeli official admitted that internal criticisms in Israel began to worry about decisions in the government. The war is still in its infancy and there is no one to ensure that it ends with a real Israeli achievement.