Iran to use more powerful warheads, ‘other weapons’ in planned attack on Israel — report

Iran is preparing an attack on Israel that will use more powerful warheads and “other weapons” not used in its previous two attacks, Iranian and Arab officials briefed on the plans tell The Wall Street Journal.

An Egyptian official tells The Journal that Tehran warned Cairo privately that its response to Israel’s airstrikes on its territory on October 26 — which was in retaliation for the Islamic Republic’s October 1 ballistic missile attack — will be “strong and complex.”

An Iranian official reportedly says that because its military lost four soldiers and a civilian, there is a necessity to respond.

The report says Iran’s military will be involved in the operation, marking a departure from the April 13-14 and October 1 missile attacks which were carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The official says the attack will target Israeli military sites “much more aggressively than last time,” and that Iraqi territory may be used to launch projectiles.