FROM THE ANALYST
TO THE BRINK BUT NOT BEYOND

Israel has been under immense pressure to show restraint. They used the phrase ‘we will act at a time and place that suits us’.
That means not yet and maybe, just maybe, never. But it’s an open ended double sided statement. Filled with strategic ambiguity and menace but also signalling a de-escalation for now.
Britain admitted its aircraft did bring down Iranian drones after all.
The sophisticated and highly capable defence system Iron Dome proved itself worthy of the name. Ukraine must only look on in awe, wishing that it had such a system for itself.
One of the interesting technical aspects of this attack was that several of the ballistic missiles were intercepted in space. That must have been THAAD, the American made Terminal High Altitude Aerospace Defence system and its Arrow-3 missiles. The first time that’s ever been used in combat.
The problem is that Israel keeps stealing the news feed while Ukraine suffers. It’s not acceptable that it gets ignored so easily.
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