Telegraph: Iran is a “paper tiger” that cannot respond to Israel. Con Coughlin, defense and foreign affairs editor of the British newspaper The Telegraph, says that the strong strike directed by Israel against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its agents in Syria revealed “the weakness of Tehran’s deceitful leaders” He said the Israeli attack must be viewed in the context of an escalating proxy war between Iran and Israel that has intensified in recent months, and Israeli military activity has increased significantly since the Hamas attack.