According to a report, the Biden administration—and who knows who’s in charge anymore since the president abandoned his reelection bid and has largely disappeared from public view—expects the Islamic Republic of Iran to attack Israel any day now in retaliation for the Jewish state’s elimination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this week (amid their other assassinations of terrorist leaders).
The expected Iranian retribution could be larger than their recent responses and could enflame the whole region into a wider war:
U.S. officials say they expect any Iranian retaliation to be from the same playbook as their Apr. 13 attack on Israel — but potentially larger in scope — and it could also involve the Lebanese Hezbollah.
- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian political and military officials said Iran is going to retaliate for Haniyeh’s assassination.
- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has also vowed to respond to the Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Tuesday that killed his top military adviser.
In 2020, Joe Biden claimed that President Trump “is going to get us to war in Iran.”
Today, Iran is preparing to attack our ally Israel.
The Biden-Harris policy of appeasement has been a massive failure. We need President Trump’s peace through strength policies back! pic.twitter.com/yvnKSP6HoD
— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) August 1, 2024
Tensions rising:
We Now Know How Israel Was Able to Kill a Hamas Leader in Tehran With Such Precision
Iran’s Supreme Leader Vows Revenge on Israel After Assassination of Hamas Political Leader Haniyeh
BREAKING: Senior Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Assassinated on Iranian Soil
According to the report, the attack could come any day now:
Behind the scenes: The U.S. intelligence community started receiving clear indications on Wednesday that Iran is going to retaliate, a U.S. official said.
Two U.S. officials said it could take the Iranians and their proxies a few days to coordinate and prepare an attack on Israel.
Another U.S. official said the Pentagon and U.S. Central Command are taking similar preparations to those they made ahead of the attack in April.
The official said the preparations involve U.S. military assets in the Gulf, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red sea.
“We expect a few rough days,” the official said.
A senior Israeli official said the Israeli intelligence community expects Iran will launch a wide-ranging missile attack on Israel.
It’s become a game of tit-for-tat and retaliation after retaliation as tensions continue to boil in the Mideast. With the American president missing in action, things could quickly spiral out of control.
What they’re saying: The Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a press briefing on Thursday that Israel’s international partners boosted their forces in the region in order to help countering a possible attack.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a briefing with reporters that the risk of a broader war in the Middle East remains today.
He said the Biden administration is making intensive efforts to deter against a broader war and to deescalate the situation through diplomacy.
The Pentagon declined to comment.
I spent the day yesterday in Majdal Shams. The entire town is in mourning. Their children were slaughtered, ripped apart by Hezbollah, guided by and paid for by Iran. In order for our children to live the monsters of terror must be eliminated.
The black ribbons on the fences… pic.twitter.com/RNVtLO8gsO
— Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll (@skjask) July 31, 2024
The black ribbons on the fences denote where the flesh of babies was found, they cross the entire soccer field and go to the buildings beyond. One boy was missing so long because the rocket literally fell on top of him and there was nothing left with which to identify him.
Related: Death Toll Climbs to 12 in Hezbollah Missile Strike on Golan Heights, Officials Worry of Wider War
When there is a leadership vacuum, chaos ensues. That is what we’re seeing as a befuddled, invisible president and his ill-equipped second-in-command and heir apparent Kamala Harris are in charge of the leadership emanating from the United States. The results speak for themselves.
