US and Israel on alert over Iranian threats

Since the attack on its embassy in Syria, Iran has threatened to retaliate. Washington and Tel Aviv are apparently expecting an attack by the mullahs’ regime on US and Israeli targets in the next few days.

Iran’s threats following the airstrike on its embassy building in Syria have put Israel and the US on alert. Both governments were apparently preparing for an Iranian attack. Both US and Israeli targets could be targeted, US media report, citing government officials. According to CBS, the exact target and time of the expected attack are unknown. However, the representatives assumed that an attack on an Israeli diplomatic facility was conceivable by the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan next week.

CNN said the US was actively preparing for a “significant” attack next week. High-ranking US government officials believed a retaliatory strike was inevitable. This assumption is shared on the Israeli side.

Israel calls up reservists

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened consequences if Iran attacks his country. “We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act according to the simple principle: whoever harms us or plans to harm us, we will harm them too,” Netanyahu said on Thursday evening.

In view of the security situation, Israel has temporarily stopped vacations in all combat units. Israel’s army also announced the mobilization of missile defense reservists. The army also disrupted the GPS positioning system in the center of the country. This means that navigation apps, for example, do not work for civilians. The army wants to prevent drone attacks and guided missile fire. The disruptions had so far been felt primarily in the north of the country, from Haifa to the Lebanese border.

Threats from Tehran and Hezbollah

Yesterday, Iran once again issued sharp threats to Israel. The commander of the Revolutionary Guards announced retaliation for a suspected Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria’s capital Damascus. “No action of the enemy will go unanswered,” Gen. Hossein Salami said Friday in Tehran after thousands chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” ​​at the funeral of Guard members killed in the attack.

The head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, also spoke of a “turning point” with consequences. In a speech, the secretary general of Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Shiite organization said the Iranian response would inevitably come. Hezbollah is not afraid and is “well prepared” for any war. The militia has not yet used its strongest weapons. The terrorist militia is considered Iran’s most important non-state ally in the Middle East – and far more powerful than Hamas.

USA supports Israel

Two brigadier generals and five other members of the powerful Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed in the air strike on the Iranian embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus on Monday. The Revolutionary Guards are Iran’s elite armed forces and are considered more powerful than the conventional armed forces. Iran’s threats against Israel were also raised in a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Netanyahu on Thursday. According to the White House, Biden made it clear that the USA supports Israel in the face of these threats.