U.S. says Iran plans missile launch ‘imminently’ against Israel

The U.S. says it has indications Iran is readying to “imminently” motorboat a ballistic rocket onslaught against Israel successful the latest escalation betwixt the 2 countries, a elder White House authoritative told Global News.

“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,” the authoritative wrote.

It’s not the archetypal nonstop onslaught connected Israel that Iran has launched, having firing projectiles successful April though fewer reached their targets. Many were changeable down portion others appeared to neglect astatine motorboat oregon crashed portion successful flight.

In a connection connected Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was facing “large challenges” arsenic it fights an Iranian axis. He urged the nationalist to perceive to nationalist information guidelines from the military’s Home Front Command, but did not marque nonstop notation of the rocket threat.

U.S. ships and craft are already positioned successful the portion to assist Israel in the lawsuit of an onslaught from Iran. There are 3 U.S. Navy destroyers successful the Mediterranean Sea, an craft bearer successful the Gulf of Oman and combatant jets arrayed passim the region. All person the abilities to sprout down incoming missiles.

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The imaginable menace from Iran comes a time aft the Israeli subject began what they called limited, localized and targeted raids against Iran-backed Hezbollah successful the borderline country of confederate Lebanon.

That day, Netanyahu warned Iran that determination was “nowhere we volition not spell to support our radical and support our country,” accusing the Iranian authorities of plunging the Middle East “deeper into war” astatine the disbursal of its ain people.

It besides follows the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah – the astir almighty leadeer successful Tehran’s “Axis of Resistance” against Israel and U.S. interests successful the Middle East — 1 of the heaviest blows successful decades to some Hezbollah and Iran, and followed 2 weeks of intensive airstrikes.

Nasrallah’s killing, on with the assassinations and systematic attacks connected the group’s communications devices, represent the biggest stroke to the Shi’ite question since Iran created it successful 1982 to fight Israel.

—with files from Global News’ Reggie Cecchini and The Associated Press