While avoiding direct confrontation with Israel, Iran has continued attacking Gulf states, US military installations
Israeli officials do not currently expect to become directly involved in the escalating military confrontation between the United States and Iran, even as Washington broadens its campaign against Iranian targets and prepares to strike additional infrastructure and energy facilities.
The United States notified Israel of its plans to widen the operation before US Central Command announced Thursday that it had launched another round of attacks against Iran, extending the campaign into a fifth consecutive night.
Israeli officials assess that Tehran is seeking to avoid opening a front with Israel and is instead concentrating its response on the United States and American interests across the region.