The recent retaliation by Iran against Israel's
unprovoked attack on the Iranian Embassy in Syria did a very important
eye-opening realization for countries in the Middle East. That it led to
the killing of the myth about Israel's age old 'Iron Dome'
invincibility is not lost on Iran and Hezbollah, least of all Hamas.
In
the past, no one thought that using overwhelming number of drones and
missiles will be able to cripple the Iron Dome's defense capabilities.
Iran probably learnt the tactic much earlier, a year a two earlier, when
Lebanese and Hezbollah were firing cheap rockets into Israel to elicit
Israel to fire their very expensive defense missiles in response. How
many of such defense missiles does Israel have actually? And how costly
and affordable will such an attack be for Israel, if it happens
periodically?
The fact that David Cameron was hyping up the
issue of Iran firing too many drones and missiles against Israel, was
indeed telling. It may be an over-reaction by Iran, a moot point, as
that was just what Israel had done in Gaza in response to the October
7th Hamas attack. Did the UK or the West say anything about Israel's
over-reaction in Gaza?
David Cameron had probably realized that
Iran had punctured Israel's 'Iron Dome' myth for good with its more than
300 drones and missiles to prove an important point.
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