Iran may turn to international terror

The war between Israel and Iran is an event the two adversaries have been preparing for decades. So far, Iranian retaliation efforts for Israel's strikes on key military and nuclear targets have been focused on attacking Israel with massive ballistic missile and suicide drones.

Israel’s multilayered air-defense system has been able to intercept most of these projectiles and while the civilian casualties have been kept to a minimum, though no air defense system could offer full protection. Nevertheless, there is little doubt that the Israeli aerial and intelligence superiority allow it to hit Iran with incomparable efficiency.

Tehran’s disadvantage is further highlighted, as the “Axis of Resistance” it headed has practically ceased to exist. During the past 18 months critical elements of this axis were severely hit, as Israel degraded both Hezbollah’s and Hamas’s military capabilities and the regime in Syria collapsed all together. This axis was a critical component in Iran’s national security doctrine and was designed for massive retaliation in case of an Israeli strike on Iran’s soil.