MIDDLE-EAST WAR ANALYSIS:
Israel may now be facing multiple attacks from all sides as Iran launches drone missiles towards Israel, and Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah reportedly initiates simultaneous operations against Israeli interests, joining the already active & effective Houthi operations from Yemen shutting down major resupply routes, with Hamas to the South continuing to demand Israeli attention, and Hezbollah in Lebanon to the North being the most dangerous.
Pakistan, Jordan & Turkey will simply not cooperate with any US retaliatory attack on Iran via their bases (Jordan has tonight closed its airspace), so the US is much diminished in any potential military assistance.
It no longer has Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, and Qatar & Kuwait have recently tightened airbase cooperation.
Add to that the fact that, as already played out as a test case in Syria, Russia & China will not tolerate too long any direct US war against Iran.
If that were to happen, well then that would be Russia/China plus allies vs US / Israel plus allies, that’s WWIII, and only an absolute imbecile would be cheering *that* on right now (which also happens to be Netanyahu’s only hope for survival).
Agreeing to a ceasefire & a negotiated permanent settlement - hitherto rejected by Netanyahu - was and remains the only sane way forward for Israel.
Mike