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

As tensions continue to rise in West Asia and Iran grows more directly involved in the conflict, a top Israeli defense expert says repeated Israeli strikes, including the killings of Hamas and Hezbollah chiefs, are “disappointing” for Tehran. situation has arisen.

According to Brigadier General (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, formerly head of the Research Division in Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence and now a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, the situation is going in exactly the opposite direction that Iran expected. It was a guess.

In a telephonic interview with ANI, Kuperwasser, who serves as director general of Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs, said Iran’s involvement in the war was feared because Tehran was planning to corner Israel through its proxies.

“They know they will have to pay a price because this time there is going to be Israeli and maybe 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/she believed that everything was going according to him/her. And that’s why Hamas decided to launch the attack on October 7. But it turns out it’s 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/she said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 1 described Iran’s missile attack on his/her country 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/she said.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei also posted on the Iranian attack that fired more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. Khamenei captioned the post, “Victory from God and imminent victory…”.

In another post he/she said, “The resistance front’s attacks on the dilapidated 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/she was at that specific time which helped them carry out the attack. What happened?”

he/she further said that Nasrallah’s ouster 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 followed with enthusiasm 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 now preparing to resume firing 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/she 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 that “any location in Iran or the Middle East” will have Israeli access. “Out of”.

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