Israel has allegedly specified to strike targets within Iran which is in response to last week’s strike in Damascus amidst threats of retaliation from Iranian officials.
‘Israel is managing air force exercises, such as preparations to target Iranian nuclear facilities and key infrastructure’, according to the media sources.
Iran is unlikely to attack Israel out of fear of American and Israeli retaliation and will need its various proxies in the region to launch attacks on its behalf in the coming days.
Released on Monday night, the report raised queries about the prior assessments made by both Washington and Jerusalem, suggesting that an attack by Iran was inevitable.
Recently, Israel has remained on high alert following threats of retaliation from Iranian officials, followed by Damascus airstrike that resulted in the death of their top commander in Syria, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, along with six other members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and at least one member of the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah.
Israel has refrained from providing any official statements on the issue. Meanwhile, both Damascus and Tehran have accused Israel of being responsible for the attack that occurred last Monday. According to the media reports, ‘Israeli officials as confirmed that the country was behind the strike’.
Last week during a security cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the strike while declaring Israel’s commitment to retaliate against any Iranian attack.
He stated, ‘Iran has been busy in actions against us for years, both directly and through allies. As a result, Israel takes defensive measures against Iran and its proxies’.
In a televised remarks last Friday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said, ‘An Iranian response was coming’.
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