With its multi-layered air defense systems at peak readiness, Israel is preparing a range of strike options against the Iranian axis.
Israel is engaged in intensive preparations for a range of imminent threats from Iran and Hezbollah—preparations for options that could include both pre-emptive strikes and rapid attack responses.
Both Iran and its flagship Lebanese proxy of Hezbollah have vowed to revenge assassinations—in Tehran on July 31 of Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau, and in Beirut on July 30 of Fuad Shukr, a senior member of Hezbollah’s Jihad Council whom Israeli defense officials have described as the organization’s chief of staff.
The Israeli Air Force is preparing for a range of scenarios, from one-time strikes to simultaneous longer conflicts in multiple arenas, involving Iran, Lebanon, as well as Iranian-backed militias in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.