Is the Middle East inching closer to full-blown war?
Israel’s Netanyahu says Iran will pay for missile attack, as Tehran threatens a crushing response if Israel hits back.
Iran has carried out a major missile attack on Israel – in retaliation, it says, to the killing of the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, as well as a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Israel says it intercepted most of the approximately 200 missiles, with the help of the United States.
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World leaders are urging both sides to step back from the brink of a regional war.
But Israel has promised to respond, warning Iran will pay for its “big mistake”.
So, what would that response look like? And after nearly a year of war on Gaza and a campaign of air raids in Lebanon, is Israel able to fight on a third front?
Presenter: Nick Clark
Guests:
Dan Perry – Journalist and author of the book, Israel and the Quest for Permanence
Roxane Farmanfarmaian – Professor of modern Middle East politics at the University of Cambridge
Julien Barnes-Dacey – Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council for Foreign Relations
