“The chief of staff emphasized the continuation of high readiness and assessment efforts for attack and defense,” the military said.
The meeting was attended by the IDF deputy chief of staff, heads of the Intelligence and Operations directorates, head of the Northern Command, head of the Air Force, head of the Home Front Command, and other top officers.
The assessment came as Fox News reported Monday, citing regional sources, that Iran would launch an attack on Israel within the next 24 hours.
The meeting came on the eve of Tisha B’av, the Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of the two biblical temples, set to begin Monday evening. The fast day has been speculated to be the date when Iran plans to carry out its promised attack.
It marked a departure from last week’s reported assessments that the Islamic Regime would leave the retaliation to Hezbollah, whose top military commander Fuad Shukr was killed by Israel in an airstrike in Beirut several hours before Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination on July 31.
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for Haniyeh’s death, but Iran maintains that Israel was responsible and has vowed to retaliate. READ MORE