After a string of setbacks and humiliations that include the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon, Iran fired its long range missiles directly at Israel. As Benjamin Netanyahu and his generals ponder their next move, there are obvious targets and huge unknowns.

First the pager attacks of two weeks ago on Hezbollah command became a bombing campaign that triggered mass displacement of Lebanese civilians, then signs of growing incursions into Lebanon and now direct confrontation on a whole new scale between Israel and Iran.

Since October 7th, US diplomacy has been in overdrive to prevent an out-of-control regional war. Can an aging lame duck president be heard above the din of blaming and brinkmanship? If not, who then?

Today - in the France 24 Debate - what response from Israel?