The Israeli war cabinet has finally decided to retaliate against Iran. The time and place are still pending. The news ticker.
Tel Aviv - The Israeli war cabinet, which was proclaimed after the bloody Hamas attack on October 7th, met a total of five times after Iran's major attack on the country. It was about whether and how to respond. The decision was apparently made in the fifth meeting. The war cabinet has decided to strike back,
Kann News
reported.
Israel
decides to
retaliate against Iran
However, according to Israeli media reports, it is not yet clear when and where the retaliatory strike will take place. An Israeli official told the
Times of Israel
newspaper that retaliation could occur both inside and outside Iran's borders. At the moment they do not want to give any further information “in order to keep Iran in the dark” and make them “nervous”.
Discussions in the Israeli War Cabinet: Strike now or leave
In any case, the War Cabinet meetings were accompanied by heated discussions, as
Kann News
also confirmed. Accordingly, there were ministers who called for an immediate attack against Iran without wasting any more time. Recently, opposition leader Benny Gantz expressed the fear that the longer they waited, they would lose international support. On the other hand, there were also ministers at the Cabinet meetings who wanted to wait for the results of international discussions.
USA
wants to prevent
further
escalation in the Middle East
Most recently, the Israeli broadcaster
Reshet 13
reported that the US would offer Israel gifts to deter the country from retaliating against Iran and thus prevent further escalation in the Middle East. This includes more help with a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia and the further development of the regional alliance that repelled the Iranian attack. For Israel, these points may actually be worthwhile. This should make it easy to isolate Iran even more in the region.
Meanwhile, the USA apparently fears a new Iranian attack that could hit Israel if the country decides to retaliate. In recent days, Iran has threatened a stronger attack if Israel responds. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told representatives of American Jewish society at a meeting that it was not in Israel's interest to respond to Iran's attack and launch a counterattack. This was reported by the news portal
Axios
. Accordingly, Blinken said he understood that Israel wanted to respond and also reiterated that the decision rested with Israel. “We only give our best advice,” he emphasized, according to participants.
Middle East War
: The situation at the
front
In addition to the USA, many other countries are now calling for prudence and demanding that Israel not fuel the spiral of violence. Israel, on the other hand, “does not want to let Iran go unpunished,” as army spokesman Daniel Hagari emphasized. “We cannot be quiet in the face of this aggression,” the spokesman continued. Later, Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi also confirmed that there would be a response to Iranian drones and missiles.
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