Israel has succeeded in taking the "media spotlight off" of its actions in the Gaza war through its conflict with Iran in the aftermath of Tehran's unprecedented missile and drone strikes on Israel Saturday, an international relations academic tells AFP. Roxane Farmanfarmaian, who maintains that Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel soil was "provoked by an attack by Israel on the Iranian consulate in Damascus," says the conflict between Israel around had taken "the focus, particularly the media spotlight, off of the Gaza famine and the Gaza war and the loss of life that is taking place there," adding that "that was very much I think what Israel planned to do." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES