Yea. That's the way it works. See, we don't see Israel running to the store to buy firecrackers and sparklers to throw back at them when they already have an arsenal of defense to go and eliminate the current threat completely.
It's war, not tit-for-tat, tidly-winks and patty-cake shaking.
Might as well flap your gums while you can because one day. . . “And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws...” You know the rest.