The US expects Iran to retaliate by the end of Ramadan
The US expects Iran to retaliate by the end of Ramadan
An airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, allegedly carried out by Israel's military, killed several people, with the US expecting an Iranian retaliation, according to media reports.
Iran has announced that it will retaliate against the Revolutionary Guards killed in Damascus. According to various reports, the U.S. government is considering taking place next week — and Israel isn't the only target.
NAn airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, allegedly carried out by Israel's military, killed several people, with the US expecting an Iranian retaliation, according to media reports. The broadcaster is CBS reported on Friday Citing US government officials, the target and timing of the expected attack were unknown. However, representatives felt that an attack on the Israeli embassy compound could take place before the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan next week.
at It was called CNN The US is actively preparing for a “significant” attack next week, according to a senior US government official. Top US government officials believed a retaliatory strike was inevitable. This assumption is shared by the Israeli side.
According to the representative, both governments are actively preparing for an Iranian attack, “which could take different forms.” Both US and Israeli targets may be targeted. However, neither government knows “when and how Iran plans a counterattack.”
The country has put its armed forces on high alert, the New York Times reported Friday, citing two unnamed Iranian officials.
Citing US government officials, CBS has reported that Iran plans to launch an attack with drones and cruise missiles. The question is whether they will be sent from Iran or from Iraq or Syria. The information in the reports could not be independently verified.
Rescue workers at the site of a suspected Israeli rocket attack in Damascus
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Two brigadier generals and five others from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in an airstrike on the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday. Iran then retaliated. The Revolutionary Guards are Iran's elite armed forces and are considered more powerful than the regular armed forces.
Iran's threats against Israel were also raised in a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Netanyahu on Thursday. According to the White House, Biden made it clear that the United States supports Israel in the face of these threats.
Netanyahu has already threatened to face consequences if Iran attacks his country. “We know how to defend ourselves and will act according to a simple principle: whoever harms us or plans to harm us, we will harm them,” he said Thursday evening. Considering the security situation, Israel has temporarily suspended the holiday in all combat units. Israel's military also announced the mobilization of missile defense reserves. The military also disrupted Israel's GPS positioning system to “neutralize threats”. Israeli media interpreted this as a reference to threats from Iran.
Report: Biden urges Gaza mediators to pressure Hamas
The threat of military conflict with Iran is overshadowing US efforts to reach a breakthrough in Cairo this weekend in already difficult backdoor negotiations over a ceasefire and the release of hostages in the Gaza war. According to media reports, US President Biden wrote letters to Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Mousa Nasser Al Misnet, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to pressure Hamas. A plan for a six-week ceasefire and the release of 40 hostages is on the table, the news portal reported.Axios” Saturday night, citing a senior U.S. official.
CIA Director Bill Burns is scheduled to meet with David Barnia, the head of Israel's foreign intelligence service Mossad, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel in the Egyptian capital this weekend. For weeks, the United States, Qatar and Egypt have been brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the exchange of hostages kidnapped from Israel for Palestinian prisoners. According to Israeli estimates, nearly 100 people abducted by Hamas are still alive.
Hostages to be freed under the proposed deal include Israeli soldiers and other women, men over 50 and men in poor health, the well-known Israeli journalist Barak Ravit wrote in his Axios report. In return, it said Israel would release 700 Palestinian prisoners, including 100 serving life sentences for killing Israelis. US President Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Thursday to “immediately” conclude a deal to bring the hostages out of Gaza.
In the conversation, with a view to the upcoming talks in Cairo, Biden asked Netanyahu to send his negotiators with a broader mandate than before to reach an agreement, Axios quoted a senior US official as saying. Biden made it clear to Netanyahu that everything must be done to free the hostages who have been held in Gaza for six months.
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