«Война официально началась». Как эксперты оценивают удар Ирана по Израилю" The war has officially begun." How experts assess Iran's attack on Israel

RBC

On the night of April 14, Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles, the first time it had done so directly rather than through a proxy. RBC asked experts how Israel will respond and how this will affect the situation throughout the Middle East.
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"Lancaster University researcher Guy Burton shares a similar point of view. According to him, Tehran itself apparently considers its response to the attacks on the consulate quite balanced - in fact, they notified Israel about it in advance, because several years passed from the moment the drones were launched, which Tehran announced publicly, until they approached Israeli airspace. hours.

At the same time, the specialist noted that for the first time Iran decided to strike Israel directly from its territory, and did not use only regional proxies, which would at the same time strike the American military in the region. Thus, Tehran deprived itself of the opportunity to deny its involvement in the attack. “But apparently Tehran felt they had to do something because the Israeli attack on a diplomatic compound in Syria, which killed an Iranian general, crossed a line in their minds,” Burton suggested in an interview with RBC.

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Guy Burton also emphasized that an overly intense Israeli response could prompt Tehran to more intensively use its proxies in the region, and they could launch less selective attacks: not only on military, but also on civilian targets."

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