Israeli assessment: President Trump is preparing a major expansion of the U.S. campaign against Iran.
Israeli officials believe the next phase could include broader strikes against Iranian military and strategic infrastructure, along with senior regime figures.
The assessment warns that any significant escalation by the U.S. could lead Iran to retaliate against Israel, even if American forces remain the primary target.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chaired a security meeting lasting roughly 6 hours and held a call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the discussions.
According to Israeli estimates, U.S. Central Command has carried out strikes on roughly 1,000 targets across Iran over the past 10 days.
Via JPost
🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇸 Israel believes Iran is still debating whether to strike Israeli territory directly, but has not made a final decision.
Israeli assessments suggest Tehran will likely hold fire as long as the U.S. does not dramatically escalate its campaign.
On joining American strikes, sources say Israel could get involved in three cases:
- Direct Iranian attack.
- Intelligence showing imminent Iranian preparations.
- An official request from President Trump.
Source: Channel 14, @AmichaiStein1 / Writer: Samuel
#EXCLUSIVE
Unprecedented rise in opposition to the war within various ranks of the U.S. military
🔹 As the U.S.-imposed war against Iran enters a new phase, reports indicate growing divisions and dissatisfaction with the war across different levels of the American military.
🔹 According to multiple intelligence and military sources close to the Pentagon, refusal by U.S. personnel to carry out orders from superiors is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Many soldiers, mid-level personnel, and some senior officers reportedly believe that the war against Iran has no legitimate national security basis and is an illegal war initiated and continued by President Trump to please Israel.
🔹 In the latest directive sent to CENTCOM on Wednesday, July 15, U.S. War Secretary Hegseth instructed CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper that even the slightest expression of opposition to continuing the war at any level must be met with an immediate and decisive response from the U.S. military’s inspector and oversight authorities.
🔹 Since the beginning of July alone, 158 personnel at various levels have faced administrative, disciplinary, or punitive action for refusing to carry out orders or for openly opposing the war. According to a report by The New Yorker, at least 34 of those 158 individuals are facing prison terms ranging from 3 to 14 months.
⭕️The IDF identified the launch of missiles from Iran toward the city of Aqaba in Jordan, adjacent to Israel. Several interceptors were launched toward missile debris in order to prevent debris impact within Israel.
No damage or injuries were reported. No sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol. The incident has concluded.
BREAKING: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says if Iran attacks the country, "we will respond and attack it independently," amid rising regional tensions.
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US forces have been accused of hitting an Iranian power plant during a barrage of air strikes meant to “punish” the country for killing two American soldiers in Jordan
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🇺🇸 The U.S. is sending additional combat aircraft to the Middle East as tensions with Iran continue to rise.
According to The New York Times, Washington is deploying more F-16 and F-35 fighter jets, along with aerial refueling aircraft, to the region.
The deployment was reportedly ordered before Iran’s recent attack in Jordan, which killed two American soldiers.
An Israeli military official says some of the aircraft could be stationed at Israeli Air Force bases.
The buildup signals that the United States is preparing for a wider and potentially prolonged confrontation with Iran.
IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said on Sunday that the “glorious” path of the “resistance” would continue under the leadership of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
IDF is ‘prepared to immediately return to combat and will act with great force against anyone who harms us,’ says Chief of Staff Zamir
According to a press release from the IDF spokesperson, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir held a situation assessment regarding the war with Iran and the ongoing challenges in the West Bank
🔴 BREAKING: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says negotiations with the US should be pursued even if the chances of success are only 10 percent.
🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 Israel's current assessment is that Iran will refrain from launching attacks against Israel as long as the United States does not significantly escalate its military campaign against Tehran.
Regarding the possibility of Israel joining the strikes on Iran, two Israeli officials told @Jerusalem_Post that it could happen under three scenarios:
1. If f Iran launches attacks against Israel
2. If Israeli intelligence detects that Iran is preparing to launch missiles or drones at Israel
3. If President Trump formally requests Israeli participation in the operation.
Israeli Channel 11: The U.S. has informed Israel it plans to escalate military operations against Iran in the coming days. While Washington wants to keep Israel out of the fighting, it warned that Iran could draw Israel into the conflict by targeting it directly.
KAN NEWS: The United States has informed Israel that it plans to intensify its strikes on Iran in the coming days.
According to one Israeli and one American security official, ongoing strategic talks have also focused on the possibility that Tehran could “break all the rules” and directly attack Israel.
Such a move would likely trigger a major Israeli response against Iran.
For now, however, Washington is reportedly seeking to keep Israel out of the current escalation.
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's foreign ministry just laid out its case, and every line of it points at Washington.
Spokesman Baqeri says Tehran has never been the first to walk away from a deal. The U.S. broke the JCPOA, then broke the recent memorandum, and Iran is done pretending that a one-sided agreement is still an agreement.
On the nuclear file:
Iran's commitments were always conditional on the other side keeping its own. Washington stopped, so Iran stops.
On Hormuz:
Article five of the memorandum says the strait gets managed jointly, with Oman and regional states at the table. Baqeri says the U.S. is ignoring that and going for outright control of the waterway.
On Iran's own actions in the strait:
He calls them limited and defensive, a response to attackers using that same water to strike Iran.
On who's destabilising the region:
The U.S. and Israel, working together, keeping the war going.
The audience for this is Oman, the Gulf, and everyone watching the strait.
Source: Tasnim News / Writer: Daniyal
A US attack on the Mirzaei tunnel on Saturday severely disrupted telecommunications infrastructure in Hormozgan province, causing widespread phone and internet outages in northern Bandar Abbas, the province’s communications department said.