Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
General Michael Kurilla, head of the United States Central Command, landed in Israel on April 11 amid reports of an imminent Iranian attack on the country.
The commander will reportedly hold consultations with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and other officials to discuss the threat of an Iranian attack.
According to the Axios news site, U.S. and Israeli officials across various agencies have been in contact over the last few days, as the countries prepare for a possible response by Tehran to the April Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which claimed the lives of at least 13 people.
Seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members were among the victims, including two senior commanders of the Quds Force, Brigadier Generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his deputy Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.
Iran’s top officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi, vowed a harsh response to the Israeli attack.
Kurilla’s visit came just a day after Bloomberg reported that a major Iranian attack on Israel was imminent and could happen in the coming days.
Citing people familiar with U.S. and Israeli intelligence assessments, Bloomberg reported Iran could launch strikes involving high-precision missiles and suicide drones targeting military and government sites inside Israel.
One of the people quoted in the report said that it was a matter of when, not if, Tehran will attack Israel in retaliation to the strike on its embassy in Damascus.
Also on April 10, Israel’s Foreign Israel Katz and Defense Minister Yoav Gallantboth threatened that if Iran launches strikes from its own territory then Israel would attack inside Iran.
All in all, it appears that a confrontation between Israel and Iran is nearing. The two countries have been locked up in a shadowy war over the Middle East for decades. A direct confrontation between the two could result in devastating consequences for the region, especially if the U.S. intervened on Israel’s side.
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so one party can do everything and others not? what do you expect slaughtering innocent for months?
its not one party but more then 50& of the seat.
how can people like you comment, when you easy look up they vote there and the scores.
and it started again with some 1200 dead jews and some 200 catched ones.
and next always is 10 to 1 or more. hard to see hamas is innocent in that.
too many are morons there.
why social worker in my nursing give computer—so i can show south front i am idiot
top us what—only competent military commanders in america—taliban
“amid reports of an imminent iranian attack on the country.”
1. wow “israel” can’t do anything to hezbollah and now need the us for protection again… so strong (lost in gaza against hamas btw) lol.
2. i call bs about this “amid reports of an imminent iranian attack”… you don’t yell for help, you get ready.
3. we don’t even know what iran responds going to be, remember the same rtds (us and “israel”) saying iran was “flooding weapons in to south lebanon”?now this…
i agree , could there be a “false flag” operation in the making ? a bunch of baloch people with seized iranian weapons doing a mass attack or a missile strike ? it’s trending ;)
the usa and iran should be planning an attack on the uk in the second american revolution.
never heard of this guy, kurilla the gorilla. in any case, glory to iran!
a travker on him and his entourage and blow them tomkingdom come in retaliation for general soleimani! that tit for tat is long overdue!
the iranians are going to garotte the israeli “officials” and their “tea party” guests before anyone knows what’s happening.
i expect if circle of revenge reaches certain level, iran would close strait of hormuz. that will lead to collapse of some european economies and probably speed up russian victory over ukraine.
in us air assault to iran i think iraq, turkey and qatar would not accept their bases to be used for such an attack in present situation of gaza. also kuwait, or bahrain are not in a position to support such an attack.
astute—iran can cut all shipping in hormuz—oil prices will double…iran has already planned to mine this 10 km straight making it impassible
iran doesn’t have any good options. they can’t outright launch missile strikes on israhell. that would drag them into a war with israhell and the united states. they could do something with “proxies” in syria. that is likely what will happen. israhell does need to pay the price for attacking a foreign nation’s embassy in another country. alas, a military solution won’t be it.
bringing licifer himself is not going to save israel or yankies.
why feminine amerikan hillbilly comment–humiliated by russian victory
general golem, pentacon capo from joosa can’t put humpty together again. watch now as the nitay, aka mileycocksucky aka nut’nyahoo gets the proverbial knife in the back and then get chucked under one of those many burning izz tank$. meanwhile the khazar squatters cower like rats in their cellars. aint karma a wonderful thing.
the united states of america must not intervene,if they do then it’s world war 3 and that’s a fact . if iran cities is hit by united airstrike ,if iran infrastructure is hit by the united air strike then i believe the iranian will decimated ever us military bases in the regions. we all know they have the means to do it .