{"id":17975,"date":"2024-04-15T12:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T12:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/how-can-israel-respond-to-irans-brazen-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T12:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T12:47:46","slug":"how-can-israel-respond-to-irans-brazen-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/how-can-israel-respond-to-irans-brazen-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"How can Israel respond to Iran\u2019s brazen attack?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After Iran\u2019s attack on Israel was largely thwarted by the country\u2019s defenses and key allies, attention has turned to how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u00a0could choose to respond.<\/p>\n

\u2018The fact that the Iranian attack was a total failure does not detract even an ounce from Israel\u2019s obligation to retaliate against Iran for its direct act of aggression,\u2019 Jonathan Conricus, a former spokesman for the IDF and senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), focused on the Middle East, told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

The comments come after Iran launched over 300 missiles and drones from its own territory at Israel on Saturday, an attack that Israel claims was largely beaten back by its sophisticated defenses and the help of allies in the region.<\/p>\n

But the brazen Iranian attempt has opened up questions about how Israel may choose to respond, even amid reports that the Biden administration\u00a0has urged Netanyahu to show restraint in a bid to prevent an escalating conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s hard to conceive of a world in which Israel responds to Iran\u2019s crossing of red lines by merely absorbing Tehran\u2019s missile and drone strikes. It\u2019s even harder to think of such a world in a post-October 7 Middle East,\u2019 Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at FDD focused on Iranian security, told Fox News Digital. \u2018Despite two decades of alarm ringing over the Iranian nuclear program, Israel has thus far not overtly attacked Tehran\u2019s nuclear program. One wonders the degree to which this may change as Israel prepares its response.\u2019<\/p>\n

According to a report from the Jerusalem Post, such an attack on Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities has been the subject of years of planning, with the potential for a response to feature F-35 stealth fighter jets that would hit sites across Iran as far away as 1,200 miles from Israel.<\/p>\n

The aim of such an attack would be to eliminate Iran\u2019s air defenses, the report notes, paving the way for the Israeli military to strike at nuclear facilities hand-picked by the country\u2019s intelligence.<\/p>\n

But Israel would likely need to make sure its plans garner U.S. support, Conricus argued, adding that military strikes would not be the only option on the table.<\/p>\n

\u2018Israel has various long range capabilities to choose from, but what Israel has to ensure is U.S. support or at least approval, and to clarify the strategic objectives that it\u2019s aiming for,\u2019 Conricus said. \u2018Israel could retaliate against the Iranian military nuclear program or against its economic infrastructure, ports and refineries, depending on which strategic objective it wants to achieve.\u2019<\/p>\n

Overnight, Israeli forces pummeled Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in a barrage of airstrikes Sunday. Those attacks targeted a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing facility and other targets, the IDF said.<\/p>\n

\u2018A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck a number of military structures in a complex belonging to Hezbollah\u2019s Radwan Forces in the area of Jbaa in southern Lebanon,\u2019 Israeli forces said in a statement. \u2018Earlier during the night, IDF fighter jets struck Hezbollah military structures in the areas of Khiam and Kfarkela.\u2019<\/p>\n

According to the Jerusalem Post report, the wave of Israeli F-35s into Iran would likely be followed by separate waves of F-15 eagles, F-16 fighting falcons, and more heavily loaded F-35s carrying loads that could potentially penetrate deep into the ground to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n

Israel could also use its own stockpile of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles and attack drones, the report notes.<\/p>\n

While such an attack has been gamed out, Taleblu argued that it is unclear whether Israel would opt for such a dramatic response.<\/p>\n

\u2018Despite two decades of alarm ringing over the Iranian nuclear program, Israel has thus far not overtly attacked Tehran\u2019s nuclear program,\u2019 Taleblu said. \u2018One wonders the degree to which this may change as Israel prepares its response.\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking with CNN Sunday, retired Gen. David Petraeus noted that Israel will have plenty of options if it chooses to launch a response, including both overt and covert military actions.<\/p>\n

\u2018They can pursue asymmetric attacks, cyberspace and so forth,\u2019 Petraeus said. \u2018And keep in mind that, of course, Washington is meeting with the other G7 countries to determine what kind of diplomatic and economic responses should follow in a coordinated effort as well.\u2019<\/p>\n

But whatever Israel decides, Taleblu said that any plan will have to to come to a \u2018theory of the case for victory.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Would it be going for a decapitation strike against regime leadership, a defanging strike against the regime\u2019s long-range strike assets, or military bases, or a punishment strike that could perhaps target the energy and oil sectors, which is the financial lifeblood of the Islamic Republic,\u2019 Taleblu said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After Iran\u2019s attack on Israel was largely thwarted by the country\u2019s defenses and key allies, attention has turned to how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u00a0could choose to respond. \u2018The fact that the Iranian attack was a total failure does not detract even an ounce from Israel\u2019s obligation to retaliate against Iran for its direct act <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}