Tensions between Israel and Iran have escalated since Wednesday, when Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran in an attack Iran blamed on Israel, vowing to retaliate.
According to the Wall Street Journal report, foreign ministers from Jordan and Lebanon traveled to Iran in an attempt to diffuse the situation, but Iran told the Arab diplomats that it was set on striking back against Israel and “it didn’t care if the response triggered a war.”
Israel is preparing for the possibility of an Iranian-led attack that would include missiles being fired at Israel over the course of multiple days, according to a Sunday NBC report, citing an unnamed Israeli official.
Israel has said repeatedly that any action against it would be met with retaliation, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeating it while telling the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that “the State of Israel is in a multi-front war against Iran’s axis of evil.”
The report came as Netanyahu was meeting with his security chiefs. Earlier, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a similar consultation with senior military and defense officials, in light of heightened tensions over an anticipated Iranian and Hezbollah attack on the country.
The ministry says the meeting was focused on “the security developments, and the various options to exact a price for attempted attacks from Iran and its proxies.”
Israel does not yet have a “definitive picture” of the attacks it will be facing, Channel 12 reported.
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