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Tehran unlikely to attack Israel directly, wants proxies to carry out attacks instead – CNN
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran is unlikely to attack Israel directly and is instead urging its various proxies to launch attacks on Tehran’s behalf, unnamed US intelligence sources tell CNN, contradicting previous assessments by both Washington and Jerusalem that an attack by Iran was “inevitable.”
According to the CNN report, Tehran does not want to significantly escalate the situation as it is concerned about US or Israeli responses to any attack it launches.
Instead, the US intelligence sources allege that Iran has urged its proxies to launch large-scale drone and missile attacks on Israel in the coming days.
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