Almost all of the top brass of Israel’s military establishment thinks Israel should attack “inside Iranian territory,” reported the Times of Israel yesterday, citing Channel 12 news coverage. The question of tackling Iran—a possible reference to both efforts to deter the Houthis and to Iran’s nuclear facilities—has also come up repeatedly in meetings of the Israeli security cabinet, according to the report, even as Israel has focused in recent days on ways to counter the upsurge in Houthis’ missile attacks. The report says Israel assesses that the Houthis took a decision to escalate missile and other attacks, and that their actions against Israel are not always coordinated with Iran or even appreciated by Iran.
Channel 12 claimed, in a report it said was cleared by Israel’s military censor, that at recent meetings of Israel’s political and military leadership, it has been said that the Iranians believe Israel chose to accept a ceasefire in the north in order to free up resources to deal directly with Iran and exact a price from Tehran.
