Iran has made war inevitable. Commenting on the assassinations Hamas and Hezbollah officials, “I think these assassinations and the manner in which they were carried out certainly restores Israeli deterrence.”

He added, “I know the other side ‘a little,’ and things like what happened in Tehran penetrate deeply into the minds of their leaders at a level of ‘this could have happened to me.’ These people are very fond of themselves in their positions. To say that this solves the problem? Certainly not. Israel needs to become more sophisticated, but the elimination of Haniyeh and Fuad Shukr is one of many steps Israel needs to take to climb out of the dark pit of the battered state it has been in since October 7.”

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