Iran, through its proxies, is at war with Israel. Israel may finally be openly acknowledging that obvious fact.

On Sunday, the Houthis successfully got a missile through Israel’s defenses, where it landed near Ben Gurion Airport. This is Israel’s main international airport, so it’s akin to a rocket landing near JFK or Reagan International airports.

Three people were injured, although thankfully, none badly. The airport was swiftly able to return to business.

We can assume, of course, that Israel will strike directly at the Houthis. However, we all know that the Houthis didn’t buy or build a missile capable of traveling so far and striking so accurately. Instead, the missile came from Iran, which is using the Houthis as a cutout for its war against Israel.

Interestingly, in a tweet I saw as I was writing this post, Israel implied that it’s finally acknowledging that, while it may have tried not to be at war with Iran, Iran is engaged in a hot war against Israel—and Israel will respond:

Today, there was another Houthi missile attack against Israel.

This time, several civilians were injured.

The Houthis, located nearly 2,000 kilometers from Israel, are firing at Israel without provocation, and they are attacking not only Israel but also international shipping routes.

The Houthi attacks are Iranian attacks — Iran uses them as a proxy to spread terror and undermine the regional and global order.

The Houthis are the arm — the head is Iranian.

The world must hold Iran accountable for these attacks.

Israel has the right to defend itself, and it will exercise this right at a time of its choosing.

That doesn’t sound like “we’re going to strike the Houthis and consider it done.” Instead, it sounds as if, with a near-miss at Ben Gurion airport, Israel has realized that, as Iran escalates, it must respond directly. Or at least, sort of directly.

Why do I say “sort of directly”? Because weird things are happening in Iran, all of which involve damage to infrastructure. Exactly a week ago, there was a massive explosion at Iran’s main port, followed by a big explosion at its main deepwater port.

Iran blamed careless handling, but there suddenly seems to be an epidemic of careless handling. I say that because there were more mysterious explosions in Iran today, all of which seem to have occurred after the missile almost struck Ben Gurion airport.

One took place in Mashhad, which is Iran’s second most-populated city, located about 560 miles north of Tehran. It’s Iran’s second-largest car manufacturing area, as well as a major tourism center.

I mention the black smoke because that’s not what you get with house or forest fires. That’s the kind of fire that you get when oil-based infrastructure goes up in flames.

Perhaps all these explosions in important centers in Iran are coincidental. And perhaps they’re not.

President Trump told Israel not to strike Iran’s nuclear weapons. So far, Israel has honored that request, even though its destruction of Iran’s air defense systems would make this a good time to strike. However, it’s possible that Israel has found a more low-key approach to breaking Iran by breaking its traditional infrastructure. If so, kudos to Israel for thinking outside the box.

The fact is that the Mullahs are not in good shape. As with all tyrannies, there is despair at home, whether it’s declining marriage rates, a demographic collapse that could destroy the nation, drug addiction, or crime (especially sex trafficking). All of this is made worse because Iran is suffering from a massive drought. While the people suffer, the Mullahs continue with their obsession to destroy Israel, a nation that has nothing to do with them, but that simply offends their sensibilities.

I am reminded of the fact that a significant reason the German military lost WWII was because Hitler insisted on channeling necessary resources to feed his obsessive goal of exterminating Europe’s Jews. Trains and soldiers that should have gone to the Eastern Front instead went to Auschwitz and other death camps. Hitler came close to fulfilling his evil obsession, but he also destroyed the possibility that Germany could win the war.

This time, the Jews are not meekly going to the gas chambers. Whether overtly or, perhaps, covertly, they will ensure that any efforts to exterminate them are stopped in their tracks. And at a certain point, no matter how much Israel depends on America’s goodwill, if Iran gets too dangerous, they will break the leash and do what they need to do.