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/ An American official said that the United States is on “high alert” and is preparing for a possible Iranian attack targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to an Israeli bombing that killed an Iranian military commander in Syria.
The official said, confirming a report published earlier by the American CNN network: “We are certainly in a state of high alert.”
US President Joe Biden discussed the threat posed by Iran in a phone call (Thursday) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A senior Biden administration official said, “Our teams have been in regular and ongoing contact since then. The United States fully supports Israel in confronting threats from Iran.”
Yesterday, Friday, Iran vowed again to punish Israel during the funeral of seven officers who were killed in an air strike on the Iranian embassy compound in Syria that Israel suspected of launching this week.
Among those killed in the attack that occurred on Monday on the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Yesterday, Friday, the American news network CNBC News quoted officials that Israel and the United States believe that Iran is about to respond to the Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
According to CNBC News, the United States obtained intelligence information indicating that Iran is planning a retaliatory attack that includes a squadron of “martyr” drones and cruise missiles.
The American news network pointed out that there is another important matter that is unknown, which is the place where the drones and missiles will be launched – from Iraq or Syria, which may prompt Tehran to deny – or from Iranian territory.