The possibility that Iran would decide to retaliate against Israel was taken into account during the situation assessments that preceded the strike in Dahieh, a security official told N12. The official said the defense establishment studied Iran's previous response and factored it into the planning.
An Israeli security official told N12 on Wednesday that the possibility of Iranian retaliation was explicitly factored into the situation assessments that preceded the recent strike in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut. The official said that the defense establishment studied how Iran responded to previous Israeli operations — a reference, according to context, to the earlier round of US-Israeli strikes against Iranian-linked targets — and built that scenario into the operational planning.
The remarks come amid high tensions between Israel and Iran, with the defense establishment publicly bracing for the possibility that Tehran could respond to continuing strikes against its proxies and assets in the region. As The Zioneer reported in recent days, Israeli officials have signaled the military is prepared for both defensive and offensive scenarios. The official's statement confirms that the risk of an Iranian reaction was not an afterthought but a central element of the planning.
What remains unconfirmed: whether Israel has detected any concrete Iranian preparation to strike, or whether the official's comments are a precautionary framing of known contingency planning.
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