Israel is on high alert and preparing for a potential attack in response to the deaths of Palestinian Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and high-ranking Lebanese Hezbollah commander Fuad Shoukr three hundred days after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip.
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As part of increased readiness, the air defense of the Israeli Air Force is preparing to intercept potential attacks from Iran and its allies, Israeli media reports.
That's why fighter jets are patrolling Israeli airspace, and ground forces are increasing alertness along the entire border.
Israel estimates that Hezbollah will try to respond strongly, and that Iran will also participate, but despite this, there are no changes in the civil defense instructions for the public.
The New York Times reported last night that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ordered a direct attack on Israel, in order to avenge the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran, which Israeli leaders did not comment on, but claimed responsibility for the Hezbollah commander's murder.
It was also reported that this instruction was given at an emergency meeting of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, which was held immediately after the assassination of Haniyeh.
The American newspaper says that Iran is considering an attack similar to the one in April with missiles and drones, launched in coordination with neighboring countries.
Also under consideration is the option of a coordinated attack on all of Israel's regional enemies, including Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Iran.
Five sources cited by Reuters said Iranian officials will meet today with Iran's regional allies from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen to discuss potential retaliation against Israel following the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran.
The region is facing the danger of a wider conflict between Israel and Iran and its allies after the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday and the killing of a Hezbollah commander on Tuesday in an Israeli attack on the home of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
In the meantime, a new balance of victims of the war in Gaza, which began on October 7 last year after the attack by Palestinian extremists led by Hamas in the south of Israel, was published.
Since the beginning of that war, at least 39.480 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 91.128 have been wounded, the Ministry of Health there announced today.
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