Israel’s response ‘depends on damage on the ground’ says UK military expert

I’m not sure I can give you much optimism or confidence at the moment. I think an awful lot depends on the damage and the casualties on the ground. And of course, that is still being assessed. It’s inconceivable given an attack of this scale that there won’t be some kind of Israeli response. But if it turns out that the majority of these missiles were intercepted or fell in open ground or essentially just hit buildings, you might see something that was demonstrative of Israel’s conventional superiority, as we did earlier in the year. If there are significant casualties, though, in truth, all bets are off, because I think the Israelis are feeling pretty confident in their capabilities at the moment. And the truth is they have a significant overmatch of Iran’s conventional military.