Iran preparing imminent missile attack on Israel, US says

Iran is preparing to "imminently" motorboat a ballistic rocket onslaught against Israel, a elder White House authoritative told Fox News connected Tuesday morning, pursuing weeks of Israeli strikes against Tehran’s proxies successful the region.

"The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently motorboat a ballistic rocket onslaught against Israel," the authoritative said. "We are actively supporting antiaircraft preparations to support Israel against this attack. A nonstop subject onslaught from Iran against Israel volition transportation terrible consequences for Iran."

Another U.S. authoritative told Fox News that Iran could launch its onslaught arsenic soon arsenic Tuesday afternoon, saying that the U.S. has seen further question of missiles successful Iran to hole for the present "imminent" attack.

The authoritative added that Iran's onslaught could look similar the 1 it launched successful April against Israel, which had much than 300 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones. 

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While the U.S. authoritative did not cognize what the nonstop scope oregon size volition be, the authoritative said that Iran has been astatine a authorities of readiness to motorboat an onslaught connected Israel wrong 12 to 24 hours since aboriginal August pursuing the July 31st assassination of Hamas person Ismail Haniyeh successful Tehran. 

Iran already launched an unprecedented nonstop onslaught connected Israel successful April, though the regime’s proxies, Hamas successful Gaza and Hezbollah successful Lebanon, person traded attacks with Israel since the Israel-Hamas warfare began connected Oct. 7.

On Tuesday, Israel was opening a constricted crushed penetration into confederate Lebanon against Hezbollah targets. Hezbollah, the astir almighty equipped radical successful the Middle East, has been reeling from weeks of targeted strikes that killed its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and respective of his apical commanders.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Nasrallah "the flag-bearer of resistance" successful the region.

Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei has reportedly moved into hiding and remains astatine a unafraid determination wrong the country. (Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images, File)

"The humor of the martyr shall not spell unavenged," Khamenei said aft Nasrallah was killed precocious past week successful Beirut, Lebanon, by an Israeli airstrike, according to Reuters.

Three U.S. Navy destroyers are positioned successful the Mediterranean Sea, an craft bearer successful the Gulf of Oman and combatant jets arrayed passim the portion to assistance Israel successful the lawsuit of an onslaught from Iran. All are susceptible of shooting down incoming missiles.

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Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that sanctions are being imposed connected 2 Israelis and a "violent extremist group" successful the West Bank arsenic Iran threatens to onslaught the Jewish State.

Fox News’ Nicolas Rojas and Greg Norman, on with The Associated Press contributed to this report.