Political and diplomatic sources tell Israel Hayom that Iran masterminded Hezbollah's overnight attack, which killed four Israeli tank crewmen. The stated goal: provoke an Israeli strike on Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood, deepening a rift with the United States and derailing the scheduled US-Iran memorandum of understanding signing in Geneva, which Vice President Vance had canceled hours after the attack.
Political and diplomatic sources told Israel Hayom on Friday that Iran orchestrated Hezbollah's overnight attack in which four Israeli armored corps soldiers were killed. The sources assessed that Tehran sought to provoke an Israeli strike on Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood — Hezbollah's Beirut stronghold — and thereby widen the policy gap between Jerusalem and Washington. The attack came ahead of what was to be a US-Iran memorandum of understanding signing ceremony in Geneva, scheduled for later Friday. Vice President JD Vance canceled his trip to Geneva hours after the attack became known, citing technical difficulties. Iran had already withdrawn from the ceremony. As The Zioneer reported earlier Friday, the IDF confirmed the deaths of four soldiers, including a battalion commander, after an explosive drone or anti-tank missile struck their tank in southern Lebanon. The IDF retaliated with over 80 strikes across Lebanon overnight. The analysis by Israel Hayom frames the attack as an Iranian strategic play to humiliate Washington and constrain Israeli freedom of action, rather than a battlefield initiative by Hezbollah alone. The sources did not provide details on Israel's expected response. The account is attributed to unnamed diplomatic and political sources; the attack itself is independently confirmed, but the Iranian-orchestration claim remains a single-source assessment.
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