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.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence
NOW hosted at southfront.press
Previously, SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence was at southfront.org.
The .org domain name had been blocked by the US (NATO) (https://southfront.press/southfront-org-blocked-by-u-s-controlled-global-internet-supervisor/) globally, outlawed and without any explanation
Back before that, from 2013 to 2015, SouthFront: Analysis and Intelligence was at southfront.com
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!…
i n0w earn 0ver a few th0usand d0llars a week w0rking from h0me. 1s0ss it still feels unreal — i was unempl0yed just m0nths ag0. i thank g0d f0r this chance, and i’m passing it f0rward to anyone wh0 wants it.
copy and open → → https://strong2up441.blogspot.com/
“winning”!… how does “victory” smell in the western department of usury?… hopefully you are keeping track of the days you have left! enjoy the time you still have….
mate, the baboon from aviv bragging about that publicly since 1984, what indicates that he had that already around at least in 1983.
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..
1. iran doesn’t want to fight israel at all no. 2.the entire leadership is supposed to be hiding during war, netanyahu was hiding in greece, n israeli officials in bunkers to. 3.they launched missiles at us base for show but was a political statement, that we don’t want to fight n escalate this war but we can definitely bomb you with ease & will do it if use keep it up. 4 tru their anti air defenses & internal security is a joke
iran put up a good defensive performance considering their was a sneak attacked, lost their top senior commanders, disrupted chain of command, lost its own airspace, infiltrated & its internal defenses & security compromised, covert sabotage & subversive ops, still managed to launch precision guided strikes on targets of strategic importance, deplete air defenses & interceptors, billions in damages & economic losses until last minute after us symbolic strikes.
where is your brain? leaders don’t fight in fronts, they lead. your comment lack even this profound reality. please seek professional help because drugs are no friends. and your sorry is not worth a poop. the israeli leaders were’nt even in israel. nutjob jahoo was in greek.
remind me again, which side begged for a ceasefire?
far out. bet your life savings. see you in the bread line. lol.
iran is incapable of defeating israel, & another war will hurt iran very badly & thy can’t afford it right now. no air defenses, no deterrence capability, no allies, no aircraft, military bases are badly damaged, lost 50% of launch pads & launch sites. large numbers of rockets & missile factories, as well as personnel, rocket fuel-chemical mixing plants destroyed & no one to sell them the sufficient amount of military equipment, weapons systems & capabilities they need.
israeli propaganda, and you are parroting like a good goy.
operation rising lion failed. no lion rose. israel ran out of interceptors in 2 weeks. the zionist retards start a war they unable to finish
“israel” are a mistake in its existence. wrong people, wrong ideology, wrong user of it as a extension of the genocide of native people on the american continent. you can always recognize germans on their actions. or, for to have a more complete picture, recognize christians on their actions and inactions. hopefully, iran do what is necessary, germans must get wiped out when they have get rabies. they have terrorize the whole world from this sanctuary for nazis.
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.
putin never betrayed them !
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.
go isn’real! go!
fck you bull servian cnut! that is how you betrayed russia too.
oh that is how you servians thank to russia 🇷🇺? oh…
دیگه گول نمیخوریم. hehehe
yes! please attack iran! it’ll be their last act. then it’ll really be ‘isn’real’, eh?
i see the nazi jew-bankers want to kill more people again for no other reason then steal more money and land!
and what’s the justification? oh wait, it’s israel, just say it’s a ‘preemptive strike’ and call it a war of self-defense. kind of like how they can just say, ‘human shields’ and bomb everything they want to bomb.
btw iran held back last time. they didn’t even use their bunkered missile silos. they only used their trunk launched missiles. israel is in for a rude awakening.
that is why that semi literate playboy from white house made that sudden agreement with azerbaijan-armenia.
i’m quite sure iran is also aware of that.
so real fake chosen ones are waiting for babylon god to give them go ahead to kill and scrifice.
دیگه گول نمیخوریم
every time israel and iran engage in battle it carries the risk that things will get out of control and other countries will get involved. first they will be in the immediate area, which will disrupt critical world trade. then it could morph into worldwide war.
then the concentration camps should have be allowed to continue ? it must have be einsteins idea, by “nuclear weapon”. if countries was lead by decent people, the genocide should have be stopped long ago. instead, they by all means try to defend and fuel a genocide.
seems that after the ukrainian khazaria is yet to be fully reclaimed they are making advances on the kaukasus side. its not coincidence that azerbeydhshan is alongside the caspian sea that others call the khazar sea.
usa war with isreal on middle east and west by bombing and move displacement of people to the west seeking safety they are no longer safe in one country war the west is economic war middle east is for resources