That Iranian “attack” was so slow and gave so much room of manouver to Israel that I believe was done to save the face of the government to it’s population.
And Israel can also claim superiority and feel it doesn’t have to retaliate. Better than an escalation.
Another perspective would be that Iran used this so force Israel to reveal it’s de defense positions and have to chance them at a very high cost:
That Iranian “attack” was so slow and gave so much room of manouver to Israel that I believe was done to save the face of the government to it’s population.
And Israel can also claim superiority and feel it doesn’t have to retaliate. Better than an escalation.
Another perspective would be that Iran used this so force Israel to reveal it’s de defense positions and have to chance them at a very high cost:
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/why-irans-retaliatory-attack-against-israel-was-not-a-failure/