You could reasonably argue that both are in their interest, and which one they choose to push is down to a decision. The war already has popular support in Isra

You could reasonably argue that both are in their interest, and which one they choose to push is down to a decision. The war already has popular support in Israel (last time I checked, the quoted number was 86% in support) so the government wouldn't gain all that much from extra fearmongering, especially with the messaging coming from the Iranian government.