By Athena Papakosta

Everyone knows how what unfolded early Tuesday night they cannot be seen as simply another escalation.

Iran launched a missile attack on Israel in retaliation for the assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya in Tehran in July, but also of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Revolutionary Guards deputy commander Abbas Nilforousan last Friday at the Shiite organization’s underground headquarters in Beirut.

For Tehran, its decision is a “legitimate and logical response to terrorist acts” and key to the terror spreading in the Middle East is its warning that “if the Zionist regime dares to respond, a crushing response will follow.”

The Israel but he has already made it clear how he will answer. The spokesman for the Israeli Armed Forces, Daniel Hagari, said that “this attack will have consequences” and emphasized that “we have our plans and we will act wherever and whenever we decide.”

One only has to remember the words of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahufrom the 79th UN General Assembly last Friday, when she emphasized from her podium that “there is no place in the Middle East that the long arm of Israel cannot reach”.

For analysts, the region is moving into the unknown.

At first reading of the data, some judge Tehran’s response as “ineffective”. According to the head of research for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the US-based NGO United Against Nuclear Iran, Kasra Aarabi, Iran brought “the worst possible option” to the table, as “the response of the Israelis is inevitable.”

It was the second time that the Iran launches a missile barrage aimed at Israel and it was at that time, according to the British Sky News, that the United States strongly warned Tehran not to respond, citing serious consequences. Israel has been clear, warning (through a third country) that if you attack us, we will attack your nuclear program.

In the balance, some judge, the range of damages will come into play. If the impact of the strikes is, indeed, limited, then Israel will (probably) speak of a second Iranian failure. But if the impact of the blows is wide then the Israeli side will want to respond hard, considering that Washington will be on their side.

Already, the Israeli leadership feels that the momentum is on its side, knowing, of course, that Iran’s forward arm – the jewel in its crown – Hezbollah is weakened and disorganized.

Therefore, analysts, having in the back of their minds that Netanyahu’s line is to change the image of the Middle East, do not rule out Israel deciding that this is the right opportunity and time to attack Iranian nuclear sites by neutralizing the Iranian nuclear threatening.