Iran
The officials committed to coordinating efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and defer its aggressive regional activities.
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Giora Eiland said “Israeli intelligence either knows or estimates that an Iranian squad is already in Turkey to launch an attack against Israelis.”
The Israeli prime minister responded to comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who accused him of spreading lies.
Report: Systems including Iron Dome have been beefed up for scenarios including Iranian missile and suicide UAV attacks.
Israeli Counter-Terror Bureau warns of “increasing concern” regarding the possibility of an Iranian attack in retaliation for the killing of an IRGC officer in Tehran.
Iranian state TV says 100 drones are housed at the base, including some that can fire their own missiles.
The alleged attack “fit a pattern of past Israeli strikes on Iran and Lebanon,” says the paper.
Iranian official tells local media an “industrial accident” caused the blast at the Parchin military compound.
“The time has come for the IAEA Board of Governors to issue a clear message to Iran: Enough!” says Israel’s premier.
The hit on IRGC Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei was meant as a warning to Tehran to halt the operations of a covert unit responsible for abductions and assassinations outside Iran, intelligence official says.
The sanctioned individuals and companies are said to be generating hundreds of millions of dollars for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and Hezbollah.
“This is the right, moral and correct decision. For this, I thank him,” said Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
