not remember a situation in the middle east like this. for decades, you have to go back four decades to the yom kippur war of 1973 to find a similarly dangerous position now what the israelis have done. military power has its own language. and in this point, the strike in central iran is basically symbolic. sending a message the israelis can penetrate iranian air defenses. they can get through. they can do so at their choosing. they chose it seems not to go for all out destruction. but it sends a very clear signal. this is referred to as a shadow war. it has fought without admitting that you were behind it. whether it is an israeli assassination of a nuclear scientist or whether it was the