Iran has prepped its missile and drone units, similarly to steps taken before Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel in April, according to senior officials in Washington and Jerusalem quoted by Israeli journalist Barak Ravid.
In a post on X, Ravid writes that the officials stressed that neither Israel nor the US can predict the exact timing of the retaliation attack that Iran has threatened for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month.
Ravid also quotes a senior Israeli official as saying, “The Iranians openly signal (on the ground) their determination to carry out a significant attack in addition to their public statements that the attack will exceed the one they carried out in April. Iranian public statements do not reflect any retreat.”
In its first direct attack on the Jewish state, Iran fired some 300 missiles and drones at Israel on April 13-14, most of which were downed by Israel and its allies.
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