Iran May Launch A Aggressive Strike Against Israel Today: Report

Iran May Launch A Aggressive Strike Against Israel Today: Report

According to Axios, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has alerted his G7 counterparts to the possibility that Iran and Hezbollah may launch an attack against Israel as early as Monday.

However, the Times of Israel, a prominent daily in Israel, revealed that the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu may approve a preemptive strike on Iran in order to avert an attack on Israeli territory.

The article claims that IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and leaders of Israel’s top intelligence organizations, Mossad and Shin Bet, David Barnea and Ronen Bar, participated in a meeting called by Netanyahu.

Iran declared on Saturday that Hezbollah will intensify its assaults into Israeli territory, possibly aiming for targets other than military outposts. Following Israel’s recent death of Fuad Shukr, a senior military commander for Hezbollah, tensions have quickly escalated. Shukr and five civilians were killed on July 30 when Israel attacked a heavily populated residential area in south Beirut.

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Fears have increased sharply as months of border skirmishes run the potential of turning into a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. The two enemies last fought a bloody battle in the summer of 2006, during which Israel bombed Beirut, the country’s sole passenger airport.

Several embassies, including India’s, have advised their residents to leave Lebanon while commercial flights are still operating because to the severity of the current situation.

Ever since its Palestinian affiliate Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, which set off the present conflict in Gaza, Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been engaged in almost daily gunfire, with the latter group aiming at military sites.

According to the article, Antony Blinken coordinated diplomatic attempts to defuse the crisis by calling a conference call with the foreign ministers of the G7 in response to these developments.