Arab governments, already struggling to contain popular fury at the war in Gaza, pleaded for calm after Iran’s drone and missile attacks on Israel.
An Iranian demonstrator ignites a flare as others carry a Palestinian flag during an anti-Israeli gathering in Tehran on Sunday. ISTANBUL — After Iran launched a retaliatory wave of missiles and drones toward Israel, a rare direct attack by Tehran, much of the Middle East found itself in uncharted territory: bracing for further violence while scrambling to interpret the new rules of confrontation between the region’s most powerful adversaries.
By late Sunday, the question of whether there would be further regional escalation had shifted to Israel, which said it was weighing its response. But Iran’s apparent efforts to stave off Israeli retaliation — by giving advance warning of its attacks, and making minimal use of its proxies — were no guarantee that a broader war would be avoided, analysts said.Despite Iran’s attempt to limit the fallout, “I don’t think you can control how escalation happens,” said H.A.
Jordan’s role on Saturday earned derision on social media — with one picture showing King Abdullah II in an Israeli uniform. The Jordanian government, in a statement, said the munitions were shot to down to prevent them “from endangering the safety of our citizens and residential and populated areas.”
Before the attack, “the Iranians have made it very clear over the past six months that despite all the bravado and the rhetoric and basically the chest thumping, they don’t want to enter into a regional conflict,” Hellyer said. After its commanders were killed, Iran and its allies suggested Tehran would respond directly — altering what is often described as a shadow war between Iran and Israel, because the conflict largely occurs in third countries or through proxies.
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group and political party, has engaged in tit-for-tat fire along the border with Israel while seeming wary of dragging Lebanon into all-out war. In a statement Sunday, Hezbollah congratulated Iran for its “unprecedented attack targeting the unjust and aggressor enemy entity.”
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