This week, veteran journalist Ehud Yaari said that no Israeli should be fooled: neither the United States nor Iran wants a war. The same can be said of the Sunni Gulf states, many of which have repeatedly expressed their support for a negotiated solution rather than weapons, as has ultimately been the case. Israel, on the other hand, has been pressing the issue until President Donald Trump gave the final order. Benjamin Netanyahu persisted until the very last moment. Now he wants to use the war to create a new situation throughout the region, a situation that would entail regime change in Tehran, with the demise of the Islamic Republic that Khomeini founded in 1979.

The Polish Armed Forces' operational command closed part of its airspace on Sunday and activated air defenses—including the deployment of fighter jets—as a "preventive" measure following the latest Russian airstrikes against Ukrainian territory, in order to "ensure the security of the airspace."

On Monday, Netanyahu recorded a video to explain to the Israelis why he was allowing food trucks into the Gaza Strip, and he made it clear: allied countries are calling him to tell him they can't bear the images of starving children.