We are now waiting for the next round following the spectacular light and sound show of Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Israel. It has threatened revenge. Iran has said it will hit back if its territory is attacked. Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, the UN Security Council and the G7 nations have urged restraint.
There is a real possibility that a miscalculation could lead to escalation but there is something almost rehearsed, an element of a game of bluff in what happened across the skies of the Levant.
