Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
Israeli Colonel Jacques Neriah, a former intelligence official and a special analyst for the Middle East, warned on August 24 that a second war could soon break out between Israel and Iran.
The first war broke out on June 13, when Israel launched a surprise attack against Iran’s nuclear program. The fighting ended when a ceasefire was suddenly announced on June 24, just two days after the U.S. joined Israel by attacking three key nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic.
“There is a sense that a war is coming, that Iranian revenge is in the works. The Iranians will not be able to live with this humiliation for long,” Neriah was quoted as saying on Israel’s 103FM by the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic newspaper.
“Israel must launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran in its present state, as a large part of its military capabilities is paralyzed,” he added.
Neriah considered a naval exercise held by Iran in the northern Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman last week a clear public display of such intent. Another recent warning sign, according to the former colonel, was that Lebanon’s Hezbollah had instructed its members to distance themselves from their phones.
He also said that Iran was worried about a near agreement between Israel and the new Islamist-led interim government in Syria.
“Iran views the [Ahmed] al-Sharaa regime as something that needs to be toppled,” Neriah added.
Citing security sources in Israel, Asharq Al-Awsat said that the Israeli military is making preparations to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran and wants a green light from the United States.
Israel is trying to convince the administration of President Donald Trump to join a new round of attacks on Iran, according to the sources, who noted that Israel will ask for green light to attack on its own if Washington does not want to join in.
Earlier this month, Israel’s military chief of staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir hinted at the possibility of launching another attack on Iran.
During a speech at a military ceremony August 14, Zamir said that the Israeli military was ready to repeat its strike on Iran if necessary.
“If necessary, we will know how to act again with precision, intensity and lethality,” the commander said at the time.
Yahya Rahim Safavi, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a close adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, warned later that another war with Israel or the United States could begin at any time.
While Israel claims that it has achieved all of its objectives during the 12-day war with Iran, there are factors indicating that this was not the case. The fate of the Islamic Republic’s highly-enriched uranium remains unclear. In addition, towards the end of the war Israeli air defenses were degraded as a result of Iranian missile attacks to the point where a ceasefire was seen as necessary. Initial reports at the start of the war suggested that Israel was planning a month-long campaign.
Based on all of this, it is not surprising that Israel is preparing for another war. The Trump administration may not get involved like the last time, but it will certainly not stop Israel.
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the ‘nuclear program’ always has been a pretext for decades. defined by its bellicism and expansionism done with absolutely no qualms, usil is the main culprit for the instability in the region (and in the world), and probably views ‘mena’ as a stepstone on its bloody path for total world domination.
funded by it’”$” subsidiary murica!… keep watching the u.$. bond markets imploding, with or without interest rates going “up” or “down”!… which will be the ultimate sign that i$rael is ready for check out to ‘moloch’!… hope russia and iran are successful in making it a parking lot for the rest of the levant!…
of course, syrian airspace has been secured by the war pirates . israelis are conned in to believing they will prosper from this war.
so let it come to the total destruction of jewsrael. iran declared not to halt until jewsrael is destroyed this time. the ziondogs were warned enough. iran just waits for the slightest mistake of jewsrael to hell let loose over jewsrael. and if jewsrael will threaten with nuclear, pakistan is at ready to give them what they deserve.
sorry enough, i have to take the other side. iran doesn’t have the balls to deal with israel. during the 12 day war the entire iranian leadership was in hiding. they let the usa do performative theatre with some b2 bombers in their territory and in retaliation destroyed nothing but empty buildings in israel. iran’s anti aircraft is terrible, its internal security is a joke and the leaders are cowards. in a fight between israel and iran i will definitely be betting on israel.
sad but true..
i hope israel attacks and iran finishes the job of destroying israel. 🥳
if the iranians weren’t complete idiots, they would have killed the traitor putler.
it will happen before october.
we are vastly superior to anglo barbarian species—these obsequious worm species obediently follow our orders—pay us to do their dirty work
and u.s. wants my greenlight to give israel greenlight
the jooz will drag the whole world down into the abyss. the planet can no longer tolerate the arrogance and belligerence of these critters.
israel cries out in pain as they strike iran.