“A desperate situation for Iran, its evil axis,” says Brig. General Kuperwasser, Israeli defense expert

“They know they will have to pay a price because this time there will be Israeli and perhaps also American retaliation. But they understood that if they did nothing, Israel had carte blanche to defeat the Iranian proxy,” Kuperwasser said.

“This is something that is very terrible for them because their whole plan was to build this 'ring of fire' around Israel, to surround it with these proxies that they created to weaken Israel. He believed that everything was going his way. And that's why Hamas decided to launch the attack on October 7. But it turned out that it was going in the opposite direction. And to prevent it from moving too far in this direction they may decide to launch an attack against Israel. It appears an attack is imminent,'' he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Iran's missile attack on his country on October 1 as a “big mistake” and said Tehran would have to pay for it. “Iran made a big mistake today and will have to pay the price for it. The Iranian regime does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to take revenge on our enemies,'' he said.

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei also posted on the Iranian attack which saw more than 180 ballistic missiles fired at Israel. Khamenei captioned the post, “Victory from God and imminent victory…”.

In another post he said, “The resistance front's attacks on the decaying body of the Zionist regime will be even more effective.”

Asked about the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, Israeli defense expert Kuperwasser said, “This was a very important target of Israeli intelligence for a long time and it was … innovative ideas, they probably managed to make contact. are.” “With Nasrallah and knowing where he was at that specific time, that helped them carry out the attack. What happened?”

He further said that ousting Nasrallah would have a “severe impact” on Hezbollah and leave it without any leadership. Kuperwasser said this has created a very “frustrating situation” for Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and Tehran's “whole evil axis”.

“This is going to have serious consequences for Hezbollah because Hezbollah was left without its charismatic leader and many other leaders were also removed. Hezbollah is therefore left without a leadership that can truly lead. There are people who can fill all kinds of key positions, but they don't have the charisma and authority to have discussions that lead to decisions that can be enthusiastically followed by Hezbollah operatives,” Kuperwasser said.

“This is a new situation for Hezbollah and this is a new situation for Iran which has built up Hezbollah for so many years. And now they are completely disappointed to such an extent that they are again preparing to fire missiles from their territory towards Israel. So this is a very disappointing situation for Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and the entire Iran-led axis of evil,” he said.

Israeli Defense Forces launched precision strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut last week, killing Nasrallah. Lebanon's health ministry reported that airstrikes targeting Hassan Nasrallah caused civilian casualties, killing at least six people and injuring dozens.

Following Nasrallah's death, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning to Iran's Ayatollah regime, saying that those who target Israel will face 'consequences' and Israel will be punished “in Iran or any place in the Middle East”. Will have access. “Outside”.

After this, Hezbollah also officially accepted the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Iran-backed group said its leader, Nasrallah, “has joined his fellow martyrs.” The group also vowed that it would “continue the holy war against the enemy and in support of Palestine.”