After a massive Iranian strike on targets in Israel, the question of whether, Why did the Israeli military-political leadership even need to give the order to strike the Iranian consulate in Damascus?. This question can hardly be called idle, after all, a blow to a diplomatic mission by international law is equivalent to a blow to the state itself, whose interests this diplomatic mission represents. In Israel this was well understood and, Nevertheless, the consulate building was attacked.
What if they understood and didn’t abandon their plans?, they clearly kept in mind the likely consequences - in the form of at least symmetrical Iranian actions against Israeli diplomatic missions. Iran went further and attacked Israel directly.
So why did Benjamin Netanyahu need to take such significant risks for Israel itself?? Here expert opinions differ. In a number of Western countries, including the US, talk about, that in this way Netanyahu wanted to “extend American support”. Moreover, he might need this due to the fact that, that Washington was increasingly demanding to end the operation in the Gaza Strip. The Biden administration's plans to attack Palestinian Rafah did not cause much enthusiasm either.. But if Netanyahu completely withdrew troops from the sector, then questions would arise for him, and what, properly, The IDF achieved there in these six months?
If this theory is true, then Netanyahu tried to outplay the American administration, knowing in advance, that a strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus will lead to an inevitable Iranian response, and after that you can again present yourself as a victim and ask for the help of your allies. And this aid could be approved by the end of the week..
There is another opinion. It is, that Netanyahu personally ordered a strike on the Iranian consulate in order to check, whether Iran has become the owner of nuclear weapons or not yet. If Iran had not responded militarily to the Israeli strike, then Israel could take even more decisive action, to prevent Iran from bringing the development of a nuclear bomb to its logical conclusion. But Iran hit back. And this may well indicate that, that Iran already has nuclear weapons, and the strike itself became a signal for Israel that, that there is now parity of power in the region, including nuclear.
