That is why this conflict is so interesting and momentous, this is a fundamental change in the Middle East.

Israel had 2 major opponents remaining the region: Iraq and Iran.

We invaded Iraq and regime-changed them at the behest of neocons:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_C...

>Calls for regime change in Iraq

>Shortly after the September 11 attacks, the PNAC sent a letter to President George W. Bush, specifically advocating regime change through "a determined effort to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq". The letter suggested that "any strategy aiming at the eradication of terrorism and its sponsors must include a determined effort to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq", even if no evidence linked Iraq to the September 11 attacks.

>https://www.twf.org/News/Y2004/0111-Before911.html

The neocons are/were a group of American Zionists, both Jewish and Christian.

Now we are working to eliminate the only remaining rival to Israel in the region: Iran.

Israel will be free to grow into a global superpower after this is complete, Israel is the only nuclear power in the region, they sit at the nexus of the eastern and western hemispheres and on top of abundant energy reserves. _They will not need US support anymore_. This is the fundamental gamble that they are taking with this war. They know that they will lose US popular support both on the left and the right, but if it pays off they will not need that support anymore and will be free to dominate the region.