A security source told N12 that the possibility of an Iranian retaliatory response was taken into account during assessments before the Dahieh strike. The official said the defense establishment studied Iran's previous response pattern and factored it into planning.
A security source told N12's Amichai Stein that during the situation assessments before the strike in Beirut's Dahieh district, planners considered the scenario of an Iranian retaliatory response against Israel. The official noted that the defense establishment studied Iran's pattern after a previous round of exchanges and factored that possibility into the operational planning. As The Zioneer reported at 15:17, the assessment was that Israel's Home Front Command raised alert levels and prepared for potential launches from Iran. The source did not state that the strike was designed to provoke a response, but that the risk was anticipated and accounted for. The single-source report comes amid heightened regional tensions following the Dahieh operation.
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