“The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to launch an imminent attack with ballistic missiles against Israel,” a US official who requested anonymity told the AFP agency on Tuesday.
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“We actively support Israel’s defensive preparations,” the official said, adding that “a direct military attack” would have “serious consequences” for Tehran.
Indeed, an attack with ballistic missiles would complicate interception by Israeli air defenses.
This Monday, as Israel began a ground incursion into southern Lebanon, The United States had not yet detected the movement of military equipment in Iran, although this could change due to Iran’s ability to mobilize quickly.as US sources also indicated to NBC.
This would be Iran’s first attack against Israel since April, when Iran attacked two Israeli air bases in the Negev with missiles and drones in retaliation for a bombing of its diplomatic mission in Damascus and reached points in the occupied territory of the Golan Heights, although Most of the projectiles were intercepted by Israel, the United States or Arab countries over which the Iranian projectiles flew.
In any case, the warning comes after Israel announced that it launched the ground offensive in southern Lebanon, after a week of intense bombing that left hundreds dead throughout the country.
Israel dismantled the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah movement, killing its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an attack near Beirut on Friday.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, stated that Nasrallah’s death “will not be in vain” and the first vice president, Mohammad Reza Aref, warned that it would lead to the “destruction” of Israel.
Iran is the target of international sanctions that have caused it great economic problems. So far, he has shown some restraint in the face of the war in Gaza between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas.
US President Joe Biden has repeatedly called for a truce in Lebanon and the Gaza Stripbut without questioning US military support for Israel.
The US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, stated this Monday that he was convinced, like Israel, of the “need to dismantle Hezbollah’s attack infrastructure.”
Netanyahu asks Israelis to obey security guidelines
On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked citizens this Tuesday to “strictly” obey the security guidelines imposed this Tuesday also in the center of the country.
Without alluding to the possible threat that the United States warned, Netanyahu recalled that the country is experiencing moments of “great achievements” but also “great challenges”, and urged Israelis to do two things.: “One: strictly obey the directives of the frontline command, doing so saves lives. And the second: remain united. We will remain firmly together in the days that may prove to us that lie ahead,” he added in a video message.
This Tuesday, the Israeli Army also limited outdoor congregations in the center of the country to a maximum of 30 people and indoor gatherings to 300, after a rocket launched by Hezbollah hit a road near Tel Aviv, without causing any deaths. .
In the north of the country, the focus of the crossfire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, the restrictions that were already in force remain, limiting outdoor gatherings of people to ten and indoor gatherings to 150.
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