Israel continues to weigh options, timing on Iran strike following Biden-Netanyahu call

Details of the telephone telephone betwixt President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Wednesday, successful which Jerusalem’s pending effect to Iran’s onslaught past week was discussed, stay limited. 

A readout of the telephone noted Biden's "ironclad committedness to Israel's security," adding that Biden "condemned unequivocally Iran’s ballistic rocket onslaught against Israel connected October 1st." 

Prior to the readout, erstwhile asked astir the details of the discussion, Vice President Kamala Harris – who sat successful connected the telephone – said she could not sermon "private diplomatic conversations," telling CNN it was "an important call."

White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre was besides abbreviated connected immoderate details, saying that the brace "continued their treatment connected a effect to Iran's attack" and that it was a "straightforward, honorable conversation."

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes notes during his telephone telephone with President Biden connected Wednesday. (Israeli Prime Minister's Office)

Following the onslaught by Tehran, successful which the U.S. helped support Israel against the much than 180 missiles fired astatine it, Netanyahu vowed to marque Iran "pay," prompting contiguous speculation implicit what the counterattack would look like.

No casualties were reported successful Israel, though 1 Palestinian was killed successful the West Bank, and Biden has urged Netanyahu to contented thing much than a "proportionate" counterstrike. 

However, speculation has mounted implicit the benignant of onslaught Israel could deed Iran with, and information analysts person begun reviewing onslaught options that scope from hitting subject sites, infrastructure important to the Iranian authorities similar lipid refineries and ports, to adjacent an onslaught connected Iran’s expanding atomic program.

According to an appraisal by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), Iran has much than a twelve atomic installations crossed the country, including uranium mines, substance enrichment plants, a reactor and dense h2o accumulation plant, arsenic good arsenic respective weaponization facilities – each of which could beryllium successful Israel’s crosshairs.  

President Biden, right, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful the Oval Office astatine the White House connected July 25, 2024 successful Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

However, the U.S. has warned the Israeli premier curate against attacking Iranian nuclear oregon lipid facilities implicit concerns it could punctual a determination war. 

Following Iran’s onslaught successful April, during which it levied immoderate 300 missiles and drones astatine Israel, Jerusalem responded to Western calls for restraint by hitting Iran’s aerial defenses and destroying portion of an S-300 long-range aerial defence system.

Many rockets, fired from Iran, are seen implicit Jerusalem from Hebron, West Bank connected Oct. 1, 2024. The Israeli service announced that missiles were fired from Iran toward Israel, and sirens were heard crossed the country, particularly successful Tel Aviv. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

However, the precision strike, seemingly muted compared to the rocket motorboat levied by Iran, apt sent a large connection to Tehran aft Israel successfully deed 1 of Iran’s astir coveted defence systems, strategically placed successful betwixt its atomic sites.

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The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has analyzed wherever Iran's atomic infrastructure is located arsenic Israel mulls a retaliatory attack. (Image provided by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

The S-300 strategy was permanently deployed astatine the Isfahan Air Base, conscionable 60 miles southbound of the Natanz enrichment plant and little than 10 miles northbound of the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, 2 sites supposedly astatine the halfway of Iran’s atomic program, according a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

However, adjacent fixed the value of the erstwhile hit, 1 adept suspects Jerusalem’s effect this clip volition beryllium much "public," adjacent arsenic Israel continues to butt heads with its biggest ally, the U.S.

"It is chartless what target, oregon successful what order, oregon with what nonstop governmental verse subject extremity successful mind, Israel whitethorn take to onslaught backmost astatine the Islamic Republic," adept connected Iran-Israel information matters and elder chap with the FDD, Behnam Ben Taleblu, told Fox News Digital. 

"What seems certain, however, is that Israel is intent connected returning occurrence and apt successful a larger and much nationalist manner than it did successful April," helium said, adding it remains apt that Israel again goes aft Iran’s aerial and rocket defence capabilities. 

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The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has analyzed wherever Iran's subject targets are located arsenic Israel mulls a retaliatory attack. (Image provided by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

Tension betwixt the U.S. and Israel has been brewing for months implicit mounting concerns astir the fig of civilian deaths successful the Gaza Strip, and reports suggested past period the U.S. was kept successful the acheronian implicit Israel’s alleged pager cognition against Hezbollah successful precocious September successful which immoderate 3 twelve terrorists were killed and 3,000 others were injured.

Additionally, Washington fervently warned Israel against immoderate crushed incursion into Lebanon, though Jerusalem ignored the planetary calls to easiness warring and argued its operations against Hezbollah were required to guarantee the harmless instrumentality of 60,000 citizens forced to evacuate from their homes adjacent the border. 

Despite U.S. objections implicit the crushed incursion successful Lebanon, the U.S. reinforced its troops successful the region to amended support Israel up of the Iranian attack.  

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a property league successful Tehran, Iran, September 16, 2024. (WANA/Majid Asgaripour via REUTERS)

Questions implicit however the U.S. volition enactment oregon respond to an Israeli onslaught connected Iran remains arsenic unclear arsenic the benignant of retaliatory onslaught Jerusalem volition propulsion astatine Iran. 

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant connected Wednesday issued an ominous informing to Iran and said, "Our onslaught volition beryllium powerful, precise, and supra each – surprising. They volition not recognize what happened and however it happened."

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Ben Taleblu said Israel’s forthcoming determination connected what it decides to onslaught volition "tell analysts a large woody if Israel envisions this to beryllium an cognition verses a campaign," arsenic good arsenic service arsenic an indicator arsenic to however progressive the Biden medication was successful the counterattack. 

"Israeli subject planners, successful my estimation, are apt to beryllium exploring options that alteration them to bash arsenic overmuch harm portion keeping the U.S. connected board," helium said. "But Israel's quality to awesome the vulnerability of Tehran's atomic weapons endeavor done different and much originative means ought not to beryllium minimized."