How イスラエル could 答える/応じる to Iran attack - from covert ops behind enemy lines to blitz on Tehran's proxies or 破滅的な ミサイル and '(船に)燃料を積み込む/(軍)地下えんぺい壕 爆弾' strikes on 核兵器 場所/位置s... まっただ中に 恐れるs escalation could 誘発する/引き起こす WW3

Iran sent more than 300 ミサイルs and drones streaking に向かって イスラエル 早期に Sunday morning in what was the first-ever direct strike on the ユダヤ人の 明言する/公表する by Tehran.

The Islamic 共和国 発表するd the attack was in 返答 to a 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd IDF strike in Syria on April 1 that 損失d the Iranian 領事館 in Damascus and killed two of its Islamic 革命の Guard 軍団 (IRGC) generals.

イスラエル said almost all the over 300 drones and ミサイルs were 発射 負かす/撃墜する by its sophisticated 空気/公表する defence system,?with only one person 負傷させるd.?

The 空中の 砲撃 was telegraphed to 地域の and Western 公式の/役人s by Tehran ahead of time, 示唆するing the Islamic 共和国 did not ーするつもりである to 原因(となる) 重要な 損失, but rather 論証する its will.?

But the attack has 押し進めるd 緊張s in the 地域 higher still, with the 可能性 of a 十分な-規模 衝突/不一致 between the two arch-enemies - and a wider 対決 that could 消費する the Middle East - looking closer than ever before.

要点説明 an 緊急 会合 of the 国際連合 安全 会議 this morning, 長官 General Antonio Guterres said solemnly: 'The Middle East is on the brink. The people of the 地域 are 直面するing a real danger of a 破滅的な 十分な-規模 衝突.

'Now is the time to 信管を取り除く and de-増大する.'

Now all 注目する,もくろむs are on Tel Aviv, with Israeli 総理大臣 Benjamin Netanyahu and his War 閣僚 始める,決める to 決定する what comes next.?

Benny Gantz, イスラエル's former defence 大臣 and a member of the War 閣僚 said cryptically this morning that Tel-Aviv 'will collect the price from Iran, in the way and at the time that 控訴s us' - but for now the exact course of 活動/戦闘 remains a mystery.

With that in mind, MailOnline 査定する/(税金などを)課すs the myriad approaches イスラエル could take に引き続いて Iran's attack, and explains the 潜在的に 壊滅的な consequences that could 生じる the Middle East - and the world - should Tel Aviv decide to strike 支援する.

This photo taken on April 14, 2024 shows flares from explosions in the sky over Jerusalem as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts missiles and drones from Iran

This photo taken on April 14, 2024 shows ゆらめくs from 爆発s in the sky over Jerusalem as イスラエル's アイロンをかける ドーム anti-ミサイル system 迎撃するs ミサイルs and drones from Iran

Israeli Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran, in central Israel, Sunday, April 14, 2024

Israeli アイロンをかける ドーム 空気/公表する 弁護 system 開始する,打ち上げるs to 迎撃する ミサイルs 解雇する/砲火/射撃d from Iran, in central イスラエル, Sunday, April 14, 2024?

A view of a crater on a damaged road, after Iran's mass drone and missile attack, at a location given as Hermon area, Israel, in this handout picture released on April 14, 2024

A 見解(をとる) of a 噴火口,クレーター on a 損失d road, after Iran's 集まり drone and ミサイル attack, at a 場所 given as Hermon area, イスラエル, in this handout picture 解放(する)d on April 14, 2024

This handout picture released by the Israeli Army shows the head of the military, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi (L), attending a situational assessment with members of the General Staff Forum at the Kirya military base, after Iran's overnight attacks

This handout picture 解放(する)d by the Israeli Army shows the 長,率いる of the 軍の, 中尉/大尉/警部補 General Herzi Halevi (L), …に出席するing a situational 査定/評価 with members of the General Staff 会議 at the Kirya 軍の base, after Iran's 夜通し attacks

This picture taken on April 15, 2024 shows a mural drawn by the "Grafitiyul" graffiti art group depicting US President Joe Biden dressed as the Marvel comics character "Captain America" standing before an Israeli flag and holding up his shield depicting the Star of David symbol, along a street in Tel Aviv

This picture taken on April 15, 2024 shows a mural drawn by the 'Grafitiyul' graffiti art group 描写するing US 大統領 Joe Biden dressed as the Marvel comics character 'Captain America' standing before an Israeli 旗 and 持つ/拘留するing up his 保護物,者 描写するing the 星/主役にする of David symbol, along a street in Tel Aviv

専門家s said Iran's strike changed its 支配するs of 約束/交戦 in its 10年間s long 影をつくる/尾行する war with イスラエル - a 転換 in the 衝突 that must precipitate an Israeli 返答.?

RUSI associate fellow and defence 分析家 Samuel Cranny-Evans told MailOnline: 'Iran has deviated from its usual 戦略 of using proxies to 発揮する 影響(力) and 行為/行う 衝突 in the area and moved to direct 明言する/公表する-on-明言する/公表する 対決.

'The dynamics have changed and made the 危険 of 衝突 greater - both between イスラエル and Iran, and in the wider 地域.

'イスラエル has and can 行為/法令/行動する 独立して (of the US) - they have to do something to 回復する deterrence... Netanyahu is all about 安全, and in the 状況 of Hamas' October 7 attacks is ありそうもない to want to be seen as weak in the 直面する of Iranian 侵略.'

Former Israeli 知能 officer Avi Melamed told MailOnline that Tel-Aviv would 捜し出す to exact some 肉親,親類d of cost from Iran, arguing that such a strike cannot go unpunished lest イスラエル be seen as more 攻撃を受けやすい by its 敵s.

'Iran is watching to see if イスラエル is 有能な of 開始するing a 返答, and a 失敗 to do so will result in 追加するd 危険 for イスラエル of 未来 attacks from Iran and other enemies,' he said.

These comments were echoed by Ari Sacher, 上級の 政策 助言者 at the U.S. イスラエル Education 協会.

'It's imperative for イスラエル to 答える/応じる here. De-escalation is a suboptimal path 今後 so long as Iran and its proxies fail to 認める イスラエル as a 君主 nation... A 純粋に 防御の 姿勢 by イスラエル against Iran's attacks will continue this cycle of 侵略, leaving イスラエル strategically 攻撃を受けやすい and emboldening the Islamic 共和国.'

One likely course of 活動/戦闘 would see イスラエル step up its strikes on Iran's proxy 軍隊s.

It was an Israeli strike in Damascus that 誘発するd Sunday's attack from Iran - but several IRGC officers were killed, 含むing two Quds 軍隊 generals.

More 激しい strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and 的s どこかよそで that are linked to Iran could 論証する イスラエル's 乗り気 and 軍の 能力 to Tehran, without 危険ing any more Iranian lives.?

Cranny-Evans said: 'イスラエル could choose to strike against Iranian proxies in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon to 土台を崩す Iran's strength in those 地域s. This is the safest for Is rael, as the IDF is already 行為/行うing such 操作/手術s.

'Stepping up strikes of this nature 許すs イスラエル to 取引,協定 blows to the Islamic 共和国 without direct escalation.

'It's also 価値(がある) 公式文書,認めるing this course of 活動/戦闘 may give その上の grounds for the US and UK to continue their 操作/手術s in the Red Sea, striking Houthi 資産s.

'But there is of course still a 危険 that this could still be seen as escalatory by the Iranian 政権.

'If イスラエル goes for something bigger, that could 誘発する/引き起こす another 報復,' he 警告するd.

Israel's air defence systems intercept Iranian projectiles, Sunday, April 14, 2024

イスラエル's 空気/公表する defence systems 迎撃する Iranian 発射物s, Sunday, April 14, 2024?

A battery of Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, deployed to intercept rockets, sits in Ashkelon, southern Israel

A 殴打/砲列 of イスラエル's アイロンをかける ドーム ミサイル defence system, (軍隊を)展開する,配備するd to 迎撃する ロケット/急騰するs, sits in Ashkelon, southern イスラエル

Briefing an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council this morning, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said solemnly: 'The Middle East is on the brink. The people of the region are confronting a real danger of a devastating full-scale conflict.'

要点説明 an 緊急 会合 of the 国際連合 安全 会議 this morning, 長官 General Antonio Guterres said solemnly: 'The Middle East is on the brink. The people of the 地域 are 直面するing a real danger of a 破滅的な 十分な-規模 衝突.'

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as Iranian missiles are intercepted by air defences

ロケット/急騰する 追跡するs are seen in the sky above Al-Aqsa イスラム教寺院 in Jerusalem as Iranian ミサイルs are 迎撃するd by 空気/公表する defences

Israel could seek to up the intensity of its operations against Iranian proxy forces in the region

イスラエル could 捜し出す to up the intensity of its 操作/手術s against Iranian proxy 軍隊s in the 地域?

Something bigger is 正確に/まさに what some commentators are calling for, arguing that Tel-Aviv cannot afford to be seen to 許す Iranian 侵略 and must strike 支援する with 軍隊.

Avi Melamed said: 'It's very possible that イスラエル will 答える/応じる to the direct attack with a 一連の covert 操作/手術s within Iranian 国境s, telegraphing イスラエル's deterrence 能力s, while 最高潮の場面ing Iranian (危険などに)さらす to イスラエル's 軍の and 知能 prowess.?

'These 操作/手術s are likely to start in the 近づく 未来,' he 結論するd.

But?Professor Gerald Steinberg, who leads the NGO 監視する organisation in Jerusalem, said that イスラエル would likely instead 追求する a more overt form of 報復 on Iranian 軍の 組織/基盤/下部構造.

'イスラエル must exact a 重要な cost - perhaps by 的ing more 重要な IRGC 公式の/役人s or destroying the bases where the attacks were 開始する,打ち上げるd from.'

Retired US Army 陸軍大佐 Jonathan 甘い and 安全 専門家 示す Toth said イスラエル is more than 有能な of 開始する,打ち上げるing such direct attacks, thanks to its 前進するd 空気/公表する 軍隊, an array of ロケット/急騰するs and 爆弾s, such as the GBU-72 '(船に)燃料を積み込む/(軍)地下えんぺい壕 busters' that are designed to destroy 地下組織の 的s, such as Iranian 核の 施設s.?

'イスラエル can (軍隊を)展開する,配備する one or all of its long-範囲 資産s - F-35 stealth 闘士,戦闘機-爆撃機s and precision strike ミサイルs,' they said.

'(An Israeli attack) could take the form of the IDF striking Iran's 核の 場所/位置s in an 成果/努力 to kill two birds with one 石/投石する: deterrence and markedly setting 支援する Iranian 最高の Leader Ali Khamenei's 核の programme.'

Ari Sacher said any number of 選択s were 利用できる to イスラエル, 警告を与えるing against a tit-for-tat 返答 but 強調するing the importance of a 会社/堅い demonstration of Tel Aviv's 能力s.

'イスラエル need not play tit-for-tat with a 350-ミサイル 一斉射撃,(質問などの)連発/ダム of its own.?The 破壊 of only one Iranian oil 精油所 will send a (疑いを)晴らす message that the Iranian economy is a l egitimate 的 and that イスラエル has the means and the wherewithal to 攻撃する,衝突する it.

'A cyber attack might be 平等に 効果的な.?What’s important to understand is that イスラエル must 答える/応じる. Standing 負かす/撃墜する only normalises the 行為 and 燃料s Iran’s 侵略.'

Any 的d attacks by イスラエル on Iranian 国/地域 - 特に kinetic strikes with drones or ミサイルs - would undoubtedly 誘発する/引き起こす another 返答 of greater magnitude from Tehran.

Iranian 公式の/役人s have already 約束d as much - and the next 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of strikes is ありそうもない to be telegraphed.?

But there is 疑問 over Iran's 乗り気 to enter an all-out war.

FILE PHOTO: A F-35 fighter jet flies during a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at Hatzerim Airbase, in southern Israel, June 29, 2023

FILE PHOTO: A F-35 闘士,戦闘機 jet 飛行機で行くs during a 卒業 儀式 for Israeli 空気/公表する 軍隊 操縦するs at Hatzerim Airbase, in southern イスラエル, June 29, 2023

A woman walks past a banner depicting launching missiles bearing the emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran in central Tehran on April 15, 2024

A woman walks past a 旗,新聞一面トップの大見出し/大々的に報道する 描写するing 開始する,打ち上げるing ミサイルs 耐えるing the emblem of the Islamic 共和国 of Iran in central Tehran on April 15, 2024

Motorists drive their vehicles past a billboard depicting named Iranian ballistic missiles in 
service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and in Persian "Israel is weaker than a spider's web", in Valiasr Square in central Tehran on April 15, 2024

運転者s 運動 their 乗り物s past a billboard 描写するing 指名するd Iranian 弾道学の ミサイルs in service, with text in Arabic reading 'the honest [person's] 約束' and in Persian 'イスラエル is 女性 than a spider's web', in Valiasr Square in central Tehran on April 15, 2024

The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including Iran's recent attack against Israel, at UN headquarters in New York City on April 14, 2024

The 国際連合 安全 会議 持つ/拘留するs a 会合 on the 状況/情勢 in the Middle East, 含むing Iran's 最近の attack against イスラエル, at UN (警察,軍隊などの)本部 in New York City on April 14, 2024

甘い and Toth told MailOnline: 'It has been 広範囲にわたって 報告(する)/憶測d of course that Tehran wants to 避ける such a direct 衝突 with イスラエル and the US.

'This is likely because the Iranian leadership knows that it might be very difficult for it to 支配(する)/統制する the 国家の and 地域の repercussions of such a 開発,' he 結論するd.

Iran is also 政治上 孤立するd in the 地域.?

Besides its proxies in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, it 欠如(する)s any meaningful support from other 力/強力にするs in the Middle East, with several Arab countries 非難するing Sunday's attacks and 勧めるing 抑制.?

Jordan 参加するd in 負かす/撃墜するing several Iranian ミサイルs and drones in 調整 with イスラエル, US, French and UK 空気/公表する defence systems.

Saudi Arabia and the other Sunni イスラム教徒 湾 Arab 明言する/公表するs have tended に向かって 改善するing 関係 with イスラエル in 最近の years, and have long been …に反対するd to Iran's Shia 政権.?

After Iran's attack,?White House 国家の 安全 広報担当者 John Kirby told NBC that 大統領 Joe Biden does not want an escalation in the 地域の 衝突 or a 'wider war' with Iran, and is 'working on the 外交の 味方する of this 本人自身で.'

一方/合間, a 上級の US 公式の/役人 told AFP that US 大統領 Biden told Netanyahu that his 行政 would not 申し込む/申し出 軍の support for any 報復 on Iran.

But Biden himself 宣言するd Washington would 供給する 'ironclad' support for イスラエル, 主要な some 分析家s to 示唆する that although Washington has 勧めるd 抑制 and (選挙などの)運動をするd for de-escalation, the US would be compelled to come to イスラエル's defence if all-out war did occur.

Nomi 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業-Yaacov, an associate fellow at Chatham House, said: 'Netanyahu's 計画(する) is (疑いを)晴らす - to distract attention from the war in Gaza and to drag the US and other Western 同盟(する)s 支援する into the Middle East.'

This 感情 was echoed by RUSI geopolitical 分析家 Dr H A Hellyer, who said in comments to Al-Jazeera that Netanyahu will choose 'to take advantage of Western sympathy for Tel Aviv に引き続いて Iran's 高度に telegraphed attack.'

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin
 Netanyahu speaks with US President Joe Biden following the deliberations of the Security Cabinet and the War Cabinet after Iran's missile and drone attack

総理大臣 of イスラエル Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US 大統領 Joe Biden に引き続いて the 審議s of the 安全 閣僚 and the War 閣僚 after Iran's ミサイル and drone attack

Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in central Israel, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023

アイロンをかける ドーム 空気/公表する defence system 解雇する/砲火/射撃s to 迎撃する a ロケット/急騰する 解雇する/砲火/射撃d from the Gaza (土地などの)細長い一片, in central イスラエル, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, January 15, 2024

イスラエル's アイロンをかける ドーム anti-ミサイル system 迎撃するs ロケット/急騰するs 開始する,打ち上げるd from the Gaza (土地などの)細長い一片, まっただ中に the 現在進行中の 衝突 between イスラエル and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Ashkelon, イスラエル, January 15, 2024

A handout picture provided by the Iranian Army media office on January 19, 2024, shows the launch of a missile during a military drill at an undisclosed location in southern Iran

A handout picture 供給するd by the Iranian Army マスコミ office on January 19, 2024, shows the 開始する,打ち上げる of a ミサイル during a 軍の 演習 at an 公表されていない 場所 in southern Iran

Justin Crump, British army 退役軍人 and CEO of 全世界の 危険 分析 会社/堅い Sibylline, 追加するd that escalation may even 利益 Netanyahu, arguing that the prospect of major 衝突 with Iran 減ずるs the political 圧力 over イスラエル's war in Gaza.

事前の to Iran's attack, the Israeli 総理大臣 was 直面するing a 激流 of international 批評 まっただ中に a 速く 増加するing Palestinian death (死傷者)数 in Gaza, the deaths of seven 援助(する) 労働者s に引き続いて an Israeli drone attack, and 激しい抗議 over a planned 軍の 急襲 into the southern Gazan city of Rafah.?

'Permacrisis 控訴s Netanyahu at this 行う/開催する/段階,' Crump told MailOnline.

'This 状況/情勢 has certainly helped イスラエル and its leadership, 逆転するing the 傾向 of 圧力 over Gaza and helping 信管を取り除く some political 緊張s that were once again building.?

'It is to be 推定する/予想するd that Netanyahu will てこ入れ/借入資本 this 環境. The Israeli public 姿勢 from the War 閣僚 will therefore remain belligerent, whatever goes on behind the scenes.'

Iran's attack not only 誘発するd Washington to 再確認する 'ironclad support' for イスラエル, but also 押し進めるd Rishi Sunak to 宣言する Britain would 'continue to stan d up for イスラエル's 安全' - just weeks after UK 政治家,政治屋s 本気で 審議d the 可能性 of 減ずるing or 停止(させる)ing its 武器 供給(する)s to Tel Aviv.?

But although Sunday's attack was 前例のない and an unquestionable escalation in the 歴史的に vitriolic relations between Tehran and Tel Aviv, その上の 衝突 could be 避けるd should cooler 長,率いるs 勝つ/広く一帯に広がる.

にもかかわらず the ferocity of the ミサイル and drone 開始する,打ち上げるs, Iran took steps to 限界 their 衝撃.

'They gave enough 警告 that this was coming, and I think they knew that they (the drones and ミサイルs) would be brought 負かす/撃墜する before they reached Israeli 領土,' said Maha Yahya, the director of the Carnegie Middle East 中心.

外務大臣 Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Iran has 'no 意向 of continuing 防御の 操作/手術s' at this point unless it is attacked again, and considers the 商売/仕事 '結論するd', while UN 外交官/大使 Saeis Iravani said his nation 'does not 捜し出す escalation or war'.

Iranian 公式の/役人s also 強調する/ストレスd that its strikes 排他的に 的d Israeli 軍の 施設s 伴う/関わるd in the Damascus attack, not 非軍事のs or '経済的な areas', and 軍の 長,指導者s said they considered the strikes a 'success', even though next to no 損失 was dealt to イスラエル's 組織/基盤/下部構造.

With this in mind, Mona Yacoubian, 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長 of the Middle East and North Africa 中心 at the US 学校/設ける of Peace, said both 味方するs could climb 負かす/撃墜する now without losing 直面する.

'Both (Iran and イスラエル) are able at this point to (人命などを)奪う,主張する victory and step 負かす/撃墜する off the precipice, 特に since there were no Israeli 非軍事のs killed,' Yacoubian said.