Israel hints at regional war as Iranian general killed

Israel is suspected of being behind the assassination of an Iranian revolutionary guard general in Syria over the weekend. The US also attacked pro-Iran groups in Iraq following an attack on US positions by these same groups. Host Marco Werman speaks with Matthew Levitt, a fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about Israel’s hints at its willingness to regionalize the war between itself and Hamas.

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