what transpires –

Action follows reaction, and fears of a worrying spiral of conflict in the Middle East are multiplying. Iran responded with a massive missile launch to Israel’s raids in Lebanon to hit Hezbollah, decapitated after the killing of leader Nasrallah. Analysts are now wondering about the Jewish state’s moves. An Israeli source told the Times of Israel that the response to Iran’s missile attack “must be significant and must come soon.” Not only that. It will aim to cause “significant financial damage”, according to reports from Tel Aviv.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledge that some of their air bases were hit during the Iranian attack launched last night. The impacts damaged office buildings and other maintenance areas at the bases but did not affect the operation of the Israeli Air Force. The IDF specifies that no aircraft were damaged in the attack and that all missile impacts on air bases were considered “ineffective” by the army.

Waiting for an Israeli counter-retaliation, the Iranian armed forces have “prepared a plan to carry out successive and more intense attacks” than previous ones, in case of an Israeli response to yesterday’s missile launches. This was claimed by the newspaper Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, close to the Qatari authorities, citing informed Iranian sources, according to which Tehran is adopting “rigorous procedures and measures in sensitive sites”, awaiting any attack, against which the response, this time , “it will be broad and not delayed.” While ruling out that the situation could degenerate into a war, “the sources – claims the newspaper – revealed that warning messages were sent to international parties, including the USA, and regional parties, including Gulf countries, that any intervention in favor of the Zionist entity will inflame the region.”