Israel's limited attack on Iran is a 'deescalatory strike' that allows both countries to step back while saving face, experts believe

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Dr Andreas Krieg, an expert on Middle Eastern security and Senior Lecturer School of Security Studies at King's College London, told MailOnline that such a limited strike could be seen as an effort by Tel Aviv to climb down from a major kinetic conflict.
'If this is the extent of hashtag#Israel's retaliation it could be described as a deescalatory strike. The use of small drones such as quadcopters provides a degree of plausible deniability that could help hashtag#Iran downplay the effect of the attack.
'We could say that this attack makes a return to the shadow war that has been ongoing for years if that is the extent of it.

Period	19 Apr 2024
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