Israel’s response is just a start in stopping Iran’s reach

Israel’s retaliatory strike Thursday night against Iran was remarkably restrained.

We, like many other national-security analysts, believed the IDF’s response to Tehran’s April 13 attack on Israel would be big, loud and multilayered. 

Instead, it was quietly strategic. 

It also was revealing of Jerusalem’s long-term approach to Tehran.

Israel, calculatingly, intends to take a dynamic approach. 

Reestablishing strategic regional deterrence by hitting Iran directly is only the beginning.