Though Israelis have to put on a brave face, often their despair shows. Worth reading it all and discusses the 'new Normal' as
@UKBengali had said some pages ago.
Ironically, Iran’s strategy of suspense has inflicted considerable harm without firing a single shot.
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Iran's campaign of psychological torture has been a strategic win - opinion
Ironically, Iran’s strategy of suspense has inflicted considerable harm without firing a single shot.
Yet, ten days following the Mossad’s reported assassination of Haniyeh, a haunting question lingers: Did Israel achieve the outcome it anticipated? Was his death truly worth the precarious position Israel now finds itself in – anxiously bracing for an Iranian and
Hezbollah retaliation that looms like a shadow over the nation?
Almost all flights in and out of Israel have been canceled indefinitely, and the economy, already suffering as a result of the war in Gaza, is expected to further deteriorate in the event of a larger war in the North. In the Finance Ministry, the uncertainty is great with officials there predicting that in the event of a larger conflict, damage to infrastructure, businesses, import and export of goods and more will be unlike anything seen before in the State of Israel.
Ironically,
Iran’s strategy of suspense has inflicted considerable harm without firing a single shot. Millions of Israelis live in a heightened state of anxiety, caught in a relentless cycle of “will they or won’t they” that amplifies an unbearable tension.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah shrewdly acknowledged that the suspense itself is an attack. Reflect on this: just by threatening Israel, Iran and Hezbollah have brought international travel to a standstill, have led the Americans to divert significant forces to the region and have put Israel on the highest level of alert since Oct. 7.