Iranians will likely pick a soft target like an Israeli embassy or a Jewish cultural center to retaliate against Israel after the killing of the Hamas leader in Tehran, said Robert Wilkie, former undersecretary of Defense.

“Well, let’s look at what [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu did. This attack was designed to instill fear, not particularly pain,” Wilkie said Thursday during an appearance on Newsmax’s “The Chris Salcedo Show.”

“And if you look at what he did in response to the missile attack, he took out the entire Russian-made air defense system around Iran’s nuclear weapons facility. This deepens Iranian paranoia and fear of Netanyahu.

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