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Shafaq News– Middle East
Israel’s army stepped up preparations for a potential
confrontation with Iran, amid assessments that unrest inside Tehran could push
the country toward escalation, Israeli media reported on Friday.
Israeli security assessments indicate that Iran is
accelerating efforts to rebuild its ballistic missile arsenal while testing
newly developed missiles and launch platforms. Authorities do not rule out an
Iranian strike with ballistic missiles or drones, aimed more at diverting
attention from domestic unrest than achieving a decisive military outcome.
Meanwhile, Mossad Director David Barnea warned that “Iran’s
nuclear ambitions” remain unresolved despite damage to the program, stressing
that the threat has not been eliminated during the Iran-Israel 12 days war.
Read more: Iran’s Nuclear Gambit: Cooperation halted, global alarms sound
Earlier today, Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher
Ghalibaf cautioned that US forces in the Middle East would be considered
“legitimate targets” if Washington attacked Iran, while accusing foreign
intelligence services of attempting—and failing—to exploit protests by pushing
them toward armed confrontation.