Two Israeli officials said Iranian officials told their Hezbollah counterparts that “the timing is not right” to launch an attack against Israel because Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is currently in New York to attend the UN General Assembly.
Tehran had pledged to respond to Haniyeh’s assassination, but two months later, the Iranians have yet to respond.
The two officials said that in their talks with Hezbollah in recent days, the Iranians expressed reservations about joining the fight against Israel now and did not offer a positive response.
A senior Israeli official said the security cabinet’s directives to the Israeli military were to avoid steps that would give Iran a reason or pretext to join the fighting.
falling into the “trap”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told reporters in New York on Monday that Israel is the party seeking a wider war in the region and stressed that Iran does not want to fall into this “trap.”
On the other hand, Pezeshkian confirmed to CNN that Hezbollah “cannot stand alone” in the face of Israel.
“Hezbollah alone cannot stand up to a state that is very well armed and has access to weapons systems that are far superior to anything else,” Pezeshkian said. “Now, if there is a need, the Islamic states should hold a meeting in order to formulate a response to what is happening.”
In recent days, Israel and Hezbollah have been engaged in their fiercest fighting since the 2006 war in Lebanon.
Today, Tuesday, the Israeli army carried out an air strike on the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, which it said killed… Commander of Hezbollah’s missile and rocket system, Ibrahim Muhammad al-Qubaisi.
Hezbollah suffered heavy losses, with many of its top military leaders killed and its communications systems compromised.
Israeli officials said Israel had destroyed a large portion of the group’s arsenal of rockets and missiles in the past few days.
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