If He'd Accepted Back On October 7th That He'd Already Been Defeated.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-787459

Then he would have been able to communicate that to his proxies much earlier.

There seems little point in him continuing to delay communicating it to his proxies now. 

Of course the slaughter of Palestinian civilians being used as Cannon Fodder & Human Shields during Ramadan is going to be felt more keenly in some palaces than others.

https://twitterwithbraincells.blogspot.com/2024/01/yeah-people-are-shooting-blowing-each.html