Iran-Israel war: Days after Israeli airstrikes, Khamenei orders…, asks Iranian military to…

Iran-Israel war: Days after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes defense force web sites in Iran, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued orders to top defense force officials to prepare for a retaliatory strike against Israel, besides fueling the fear of a full-blown war between both enemy nations which is probably going to plunge the whole middle-east into chaos.

Khamenei’s order comes amidst the backdrop of a cryptic tweet by the Iranian defense force, day after visuals emerged, suggesting the Islamic Republic changed into getting ready for a war. “See you very soon,” the Iranian defense force wrote in Hebrew on its official X deal with.

‘Harsh’ and ‘unimaginable’

Following the October 26 Israeli attacks,  Iranian officials have asserted that Iran’s retaliation will be “harsh” and “unimaginable”, The New York Times reported.

Quite a few media reports claimed that Khamenei issued the orders of mounting a retaliatory attack after he reportedly review the damaged on account of Israeli airstrikes, which Iranian officials had earlier claimed, changed into minimal and “ineffective”.  The Supreme Leader has emphasized that Iran’s failure to retaliate will be perceived as a sign of weakness, which the nation can't have enough money.

Reports citing geo-political experts have suggested that Iran’s retaliation may even be synchronized with the November 5 US Presidential Elections, while other believe the response would come sooner.

Iran researching potential Israeli targets

According to media reports, Iran is currently compiling a catalogue of potential targets in Israel, including key defense force and strategic infrastructure. Citing Israeli intelligence reports, Times of Israel reported that Iran would per chance launch the strikes from Iraqi territory using pro-Iranian militias, a move geared toward keeping off a direct disagreement with Israel and mitigating the risk of besides escalation at some point of the continued conflict, while at the same time delivering a significant response to the October 26 strikes.

Reports suggest that Iran would per chance target Israeli defense force airports where its fighter jets are housed, so to severely weaken its ability some other round of airstrikes, in case it decides to retaliate.

Israel attacks Iran

On October 26, in its first open strike against Iran, Israel launched a series of pre-morning time airstrikes on Iran in retaliation for the October 1 missile barrage by the Islamic Republic on the Jewish nation. The ‘precision strikes’ on Iranian defense force targets, changed into the first time Israeli defense force has openly attacked Iran, and despite prior warning about the attack, Tehran suffered some significant losses, including the destruction of Shahroud Space Center- a defense force spaceport in rural Semnan, which reportedly housed hypersonic missiles and solid fuel.

According to the Israeli strikes, Iran recently deployed its indigenously developed Zoubin air defense missile system, which is modelled after Israel’s famed Iron Dome, to defend against any future attacks.

The Israeli attack also killed four Iranian defense force personnel, all related to Iran’s air defense systems.

‘We struck Iran’s soft underbelly’

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the up thus far strikes severely weakened Iran’s air defense systems, and asserted that Israel currently has greater operational freedom within Iran than ever ahead of.

“The supreme objective that I set for the IDF and the protection services and products is to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons. Halting the nuclear program has been – and remains – our chief concern. I've now no longer taken, now now we have no longer taken and we're ready to now no longer take, our eyes off this objective.” a statement from Netanyahu’s place of business said Thursday.

Netanyahu claimed that Israel struck Iran’s “soft underbelly”, and asserted that the Jewish nation can ” go anywhere that we in Iran”.

“Regarding Iran, we struck its soft underbelly. The haughty words of the Iranian regime’s leaders can't cover up the fact in Iran as of late, Israel has greater freedom of action than ever ahead of. We can go anywhere that we in Iran,” the statement asserted.