Israel says it is on 'high alert' and its troops are deployed on the border

Yosrael This Thursday, he was put on high alert due to the threat to his security due to a possible retaliation from Iran, for the attack attributed to Israeli army against the Iranian consulate in Damascus, that he killed thirteen people, including seven Iranian revolutionary guards; in parallel to the war in the Gaza Strip.

“We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act accordingly to the simple principle of whoever harms us, we will harm him,” said the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuin a clear message to Iran, before meeting with the war cabinet to address the Iranian threat.

Army spokesman Daniel Hagari had announced shortly before that Israel is on “high alert” and that its troops are deployed on all borders and that its fighter jets are ready for “a variety of scenarios.”

We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act accordingly to the simple principle that whoever harms us, we will harm them.

“In the last six months we have been in a war on multiple fronts. We are on high alert across the board. We are watching for threats and thwarting them all the time, on multiple fronts, and we are at a high level of preparedness to defend and the attack,” he said.

The Israeli Army suspended vacation permits for all troops “following a new security assessment”the same argument with which yesterday he increased the personnel and number of reservists serving in the air forces, which are on “maximum alert” for the possibility of attacks with missiles or drones from Iran or one of its pro-Iranian satellite militias in the region, like Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“The Israel Defense Forces are at war and the issue of deployment of forces is constantly reviewed as necessary,” said a military statement about these decisions that have sparked concern among Israelis.

The words today from the head of Military Intelligence, Aharon Haliva, did not help to calm things down either: “It is not certain that the worst has already passed, complex days await us,” he said in a meeting with the military hierarchy.

Shortly after, the Army had to clarify that at the moment there are no changes in the instructions for the civilian population. “It is not necessary to buy generators, store food and withdraw money from ATMs. We will immediately update any change if it is official and orderly,” the military establishment reassured in a message to citizens.

Although as an additional precautionary measure, Israel also began this Thursday to deliberately alter the GPS service in the center of the country -on the northern border and in the communities near Gaza it has already been happening for months-, to prevent possible attacks with missiles or drones in Iranian revenge for the bombing in Damascus.

Users of geolocation applications, such as the Israeli-made Waze, or Google Maps, will see interference and will be recognized as being in Beirut or Cairo, something that may affect other applications that use this function, such as warning applications. of air raid sirens, very common in Israel and even more so in times of war.

Possibles scenarios

Possible scenarios Israel would be preparing for include missile and drone attacks by Iranian-backed groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. -all of them have already attacked in the midst of the current war with Israel-, in addition to attacks with ballistic missiles directly from Iran, something that has not yet occurred.

The president of Iran, Ibrahim Raisi, yesterday issued a severe threat to Israel, following the attack attributed to this country, in which senior Iranian officials were killed, including Mohamed Reza Zahedi, commander of the Quds Force of Syria and Lebanon.

“The attack will not go unanswered. Zionists must know that they will never achieve their evil goals through such inhumane actions,” he said.

He was joined by supreme leader of iranAli Khamenei, who even promised to take revenge on Israel for the attack on Damascus, pointing out that Israel “will regret it”, while Iran's ambassador to Syria stressed that “Israel crossed the red lines.”

Israel's attack on Damascus on Monday is the worst blow to the elite military after the death of Qasem Soleimanian Iranian general who headed the Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force until he was killed by the United States in 2020 in a bombing raid in Iraq.

Tension with Iran rises at a critical moment on the northern border, where the exchange of fire between Israeli troopss and the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollahsupported by the ayatollah regime, is experiencing its most intense moment since the war they fought in 2006.

Since October 8, when hostilities began, some 370 people have died on the border, most on the Lebanese side and in the ranks of Hezbollah, which has confirmed some 250 militia casualties, some in Syria. In Israel, 18 people have died, ten soldiers.

The Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, assured yesterday that Israel is “increasing its preparation” against threats from throughout the Middle East and expanding its offensive operations against Hezbollah, which launches missiles, rockets, drones or artillery on a daily basis; and Israel responds with bombings.