Early encouraging signs Iran is playing down Israel’s carefully calibrated attack

The Israeli retaliation was carefully calibrated to be relatively small and precision-aimed at an air force base near the central Iranian city of Isfahan.

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Jonathan Eyal

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Details of the

Israeli strike on Iran

remain patchy. But even at this very early stage in the latest Middle East crisis, certain conclusions can be drawn with some degree of confidence.

First, it is clear that, despite appeals from US President Joe Biden and other world leaders, Israel felt it had to retaliate for

the April 13 Iranian attack on the Jewish state.

Early encouraging signs Iran is playing down Israel’s carefully calibrated attack

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