Iran's Supreme National Security Council warned that a response of 'Islamic warriors' to the Israeli attack on Lebanon is coming, according to a statement carried by Iranian state-linked channels. The warning escalates a series of threats from Tehran following Israel's strikes on Hezbollah-linked targets.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) issued a warning that a response from 'Islamic warriors' to Israel's attack on Lebanon is coming, according to a single source message from Iranian state-linked channels. The statement was published at 20:42 Jerusalem time. It follows a day of multiple Iranian threats: earlier, Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament's national security commission, said a 'strong response is coming' (as The Zioneer reported at 19:26 Jerusalem), and the IRGC was reported preparing multiple response options after a plea from Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem (The Zioneer, 17:24 Jerusalem). The SNSC warning is the highest-level institutional threat yet from Tehran, but does not specify the timing, location, or nature of the promised response. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir confirmed earlier this evening that the army is preparing for an imminent Iranian attack (The Zioneer, 17:39 Jerusalem). No Home Front Command restrictions have been imposed as of this report; the IDF has said restrictions could follow if an attack materializes.
2 developments
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Source and signal
- Internal intake