Israel ‘might not be so lucky’ if Iran attack again, military analyst claims

Israel 'might not be so lucky' if Iran attack again, military analyst claimsSky News

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00:00 The IDF are saying we will respond militarily.

00:03 And that's not exactly what all the politicians are saying in the cabinet,

00:06 but that reflects the fact that the Israelis are going round in some sort of circles here,

00:11 thinking about what they can do next.

00:13 And they are caught between, as I say, the hawks and the doves,

00:15 and the external world, who is leaning on them very hard.

00:19 The United States, the European Union are leaning very hard on them to say,

00:22 look, you needed our help in defending yourself on Saturday night,

00:26 and we did more than you thought we would do,

00:29 including, interestingly, the Jordanians.

00:31 They had their air force up, and they brought down multiple drones.

00:35 The British look as if we brought down 10 or 11.

00:38 The Jordanians seem to have brought down far more,

00:40 because they were in the right place at the right time.

00:43 And so the Allies made a big difference, and the Israelis were lucky on Saturday night,

00:48 for all sorts of other reasons.

00:49 A lot of the ballistic missiles didn't launch properly, that Iran released up to 50%.

00:55 That would be 60 out of the 120 that were launched.

00:58 60 of them malfunctioned.

01:00 So what the external world is saying to us is, look, you were lucky, and you had our help.

01:04 Now, don't spoil it by being so aggressive that we will think twice about giving you that help again,

01:10 and you might not be so lucky the second time.

01:12 Those are the sort of pressures that the Israeli government is now under.