The land where Judaism was born and the cradle of other faiths, too, saw its fair share of miracles during biblical times.

That there was only one casualty on Saturday night —– sadly a Bedouin baby — was remarkable, and owes much to the RAF and the US Air Force for its support.

The fact that so much notice of its intent was given by the despotic Iranian regime as it launched hundreds of drones and more than 120 ballistic missiles towards Israel, was not as altruistic as it might have at first appeared. With those armaments crossing the territories of its Arab neighbours, had it not forewarned of the mass attack, air traffic would have been endangered.

Meanwhile, after cautioning Israel not to take reprisals, both Britain and America last night introduced sanctions against Iran, presumably in the hope that any response from Jerusalem will be minimal.

Rightly, though, Israel will not be dictated to, even by its closest allies. It was rich of Iran to declare on Saturday that its disproportionate attack on Israel drew a line under the matter. It came in response to Israel’s alleged alleged air strike on its consulate in Syria that killed three top generals. Israel has not taken responsibility. In any case, the premises hit were apparently an outbuilding and not part of the diplomatic headquarters, thus not Iranian sovereign territory.

Israel alone will determine its next move. Not to respond to Iran’s despicable provocation would be a dangerous sign of weakness on Israel’s part.

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