DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's disclosed after his talks with President Vladimir Putin that "a mechanism to prevent misunderstandings and clashes" would be set up. DEBKAfile reports that, because neither army wants to level with the other in advance of its operations, the two sides agreed on a hot line for a heads-up without explanations to be managed by the two deputy chiefs of staff, rather than a full-dress coordination mechanism. In any case, Israel is coordinated militarily with the US and Russia with Iran.