, Columnist
Iran’s Missile Barrage Was an Error Israel Can Gain From
Netanyahu has a window to refocus attention from Gaza to Iran.
An Israeli soldier performs a prayer in a train station on the morning after a drone and missile attack by Iran.
Photographer: Kobi Wolf/BloombergNapoleon Bonaparte is supposed to have told his generals never to interrupt an enemy who was making a mistake. It’s as good advice today as it was then, and Iran just found out why.
The war in Gaza has been a strategic disaster for Israel, leaving it internationally isolated in a near-impossible quest for absolute military victory over Hamas, a deeply embedded terrorist organization. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now has the opportunity to change that narrative, thanks to Iran’s failed launch of hundreds of drones and missiles at the Jewish state.