"Naturally, whenever missiles and drones fly, there is a risk the conflict widened. Despite everything, I rather expect at this stage that the conflict will not develop into a regional one for several reasons. The role of the United States is important, insofar as it is the main global player in the region, and it will depend on how much the United States will be able to deter Netanyahu on the one hand and respect Iran on the other hand, in order to avoid such a conflict, said the former deputy - foreign minister Lyubomir Kyuchukov in the studio of "The Day ON AIR".
According to his words, the US is placed in an extremely uncomfortable position, since on the one hand it declares firm support for Israel, and on the other hand it does not want to be involved in the conflict directly.
For Bulgaria ON AIR, former Deputy Foreign Minister Milen Keremedchiev expressed the opinion that the conflict in the Middle East will not escalate.
The Israeli military cabinet is considering several options for retaliating against Iran
"He will go first into a war of words. We must note that there is a distance of 1,500 kilometers between the two countries. Here we cannot talk about a conventional war that would be fought by all means. Rather, if there is any exchange, it will be mostly through airstrikes from Israel to Iran and vice versa," Keremedchiev said.
However, he again noted that the likelihood of this turn of events occurring is low.
"Israel was able to very quickly form a coalition with the US, Great Britain, France, Jordan so that they could repel this attack by Iranian forces,'' Keremedchiev pointed out.
According to both analysts, the role of major global players will be key to how the conflict will play out.