Israeli Security Cabinet Told Military to Step Up Readiness for a Possible Strike on Iran, KAN Reports
Israel's public broadcaster KAN reported on the evening of November 11 that the country's security cabinet had instructed the Israel Defense Forces to step up readiness for a possible strike on Iran. Israel is currently run by a caretaker government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; the security cabinet has not met since October 5 and was due to convene again on Sunday. The report gave no timetable or target list for any strike, and neither the Prime Minister's Office nor the military has publicly confirmed the instruction.
KAN quoted senior Israeli security officials as saying the military was maintaining its preparations in line with decisions by the political leadership, while noting that the steps could set off a chain of events leading to war. Channel 12 reported a day earlier that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir had again opposed an unspecified action on Iran sought by Netanyahu, a report the Prime Minister's Office dismissed as biased fake news.
The report came on the same day that Gadi Eisenkot, tasked by President Isaac Herzog with forming a government, wrote to Netanyahu urging him not to deploy the security forces before a new government is sworn in without a direct and immediate threat, and asking for regular security briefings. Netanyahu replied that all government decisions were based solely on security considerations and taken in full coordination with the security establishment, and called Eisenkot's public letter irresponsible.
On the Iranian side, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said the same day that if U.S. aircraft bomb Iran from any base, including one in a European country, Iran will strike those bases, from West Asia to Europe. GSM reported Rezaei's remarks on enriched nuclear material earlier the same day.
Related: Eisenkot Writes to Netanyahu Urging Restraint on Iran Before a New Government Is Sworn In
Iran's Rezaei: Not a Single Grain of Enriched Material Will Leave Iran
(Source: KAN)
Source: KAN
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