It is unlikely that Israel will carry out an attack against Iran before the end of the Jewish Passover celebrations, which begin on the evening of Monday 22 April and will end on the evening of the 30th. AbcNews reported the news, attributing it to a high-ranking US official. . The same source cited by the broadcaster speaks of a state of maximum alert in Iran due to the risk of an attack.
Israeli response preparations initiated and suspended twice
Also according to what was reported to AbcNews by three Israeli sources, Tel Aviv started and then stopped preparations for the retaliation attack against Iran on at least two occasions in the nights of last week.
The Israeli war cabinet has been considering a range of responses, from attacking Iranian “proxies” in the region, but not on Iranian soil, to a potential cyber attack, the same sources told ABC.
Egypt sources: “US yes to Rafah attack in exchange for renouncing large attack on Iran
Meanwhile, according to what the Qatari publication Al-Araby Al-Jadeed writes, quoted by the Times of Israel, attributing the statement to an official in Cairo, the United States has accepted the Israeli plan for an operation in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip , in exchange for the Jewish state refraining from launching a major attack in Iran in retaliation for the Iranian attack on Israel.
“The US administration has shown that it accepts the plan previously presented by the occupation government regarding the military operation in Rafah, in exchange for renouncing a large-scale attack against Iran,” writes Al-Araby Al-Jadeed , quoted by the Times of Israel, attributing the statement to an official in Cairo, according to whom preparations were underway to allow Egypt to deal with any possible impact of the planned operation.
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