Iran To 'Imminently’ Launch Ballistic Missiles On Israel; White House Warns

Axios is reporting that the White House has intelligence saying Iran imminently plans to carry out a missile attack on Israel in retaliation for the Friday killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. 

A senior White House has said, „The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel.”

„We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran,” the official continued. Crude prices immediately responded to the headline…

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It seems the White House is prepared to defend Israeli militarily, though there has been no official authorization in Congress (much less a debate).

The Pentagon on Monday confirmed that it is sending a „few thousand additional troops” to the Middle East to be on standby if needed to defend Israel from a broader attack. This is widely being seen as preparation for war against Iran, if needed.

This is to include the new deployments of squadrons of F-15, F-16, F-22, and A-10 fighter jets along with assisting personnel. It was only the day prior that President Biden was asked if he would be sending more troops to the Middle East. He replied: „No.”

LEFT (YESTERDAY): Biden answers „no” when asked if he’ll deploy more troops to the Middle East.

RIGHT (TODAY): The Pentagon announces they’re deploying more troops to the Middle East.

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Israel’s military spokesman Daniel Hagari says the IDF has yet to identify any aerial threat from Iran. „Any Iranian attack on Israel would have repercussions,” the statement said. The IDF spokesman further said, „A short while ago our partners in the USA informed us that they detect Iran’s preparations to fire missiles at Israel in the near future.”

Secretary Blinken in the US has said his office is „tracking events in the Middle East very carefully and is committed to defending Israel.”

Commenting on the situation, Fernando Ferreira, director of geopolitical risk service at the Rapidan Energy Group, said:

„Tehran is embarrassed and hardliners have argued that the failure to respond to Israel’s assassination of Hamas chief Haniyeh in Tehran only emboldened Jerusalem. At the same time, they understand that Israel will respond with overwhelming force to any attack, and that there’s nothing they can do to protect sensitive economic, political, or military targets. Iran may try to thread the needle again with an air punch like it did in April, hoping for a limited Israeli response. That seems like wishful thinking, as Jerusalem is undeterred and likely to take three-eyes-for-an-eye.”

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