Report: Gallant told Pentagon chief large-scale attack expected from Iran

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke today with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and told him Iran’s military preparations suggest Iran is getting ready for a large-scale attack on Israel, Axios reporter Barak Ravid says on X, citing a source with knowledge of the call.

The Kan public broadcaster and Channel 13 news similarly say Israel’s updated assessment is that Tehran intends to launch a major attack this week.

Kan assesses that the attack will be bigger in scale than its drone and missile attack in April, without citing sources.

Channel 13 reports, also without citing sources, that there could be a combined attack by both Iran and Hezbollah, whether simultaneously or successively. The network says one factor that has delayed the promised response to the assassinations of terror chiefs is French pressure on Iran and Hezbollah not to launch a major attack during the Paris Olympics, which ended several hours ago.