Cindy Adams, Rich Lowry & Kirsten Fleming
As Israel grinds ever closer to victory over Hamas, it got hit Friday with reminders that Iran has more catspaws poised to strike: The next battle in the Islamic Republic’s wider war against the Jewish state is just beginning.
The good news: It looks like the IDF took out a top Hamas leader last week, and the group is said to be increasingly open to some ceasefire-and-hostage-release deal that doesn’t require Israel to quit its Gaza operations.
Bad news: Friday saw a successful drone attack in Tel Aviv, claimed by the Houthi militia of Yemen, plus dozens more missiles shot from Hezbollah in Lebanon, while Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Iran is now only one to two weeks away from producing enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon.
The drone, a long-range Iranian-made weapon, killed at least one and injured several others.
Early signs are that it got through Israel’s formidable surveillance systems thanks to human error, but it’s still a stunning blow for an Israeli defense establishment already reeling — and a sure signal from Tehran that the regime is laser-focused on keeping up attacks against the Jewish state.
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