had been expected, israel carried out a strike on hamas in response to last weekend's iranian missile and drone attack against israel, which itself was retaliation for israel's bombing of an iranian embassy compound in syria. the injuries there were limited, which leaves open the possibility these were the last exchanges for this round. this is all been incredibly dangerous for people of iran, israel, for troops in the region in the world as a whole and where it goes next depends largely on the thinking of one man, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, a man who