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Israel\u2019s Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar and Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder <\/p>\n
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The discussion took place against the backdrop of reports overnight by NBC News that President Donald Trump has not yet decided how to use the \u201carmada\u201d the US military has deployed to the Middle East, and that it remains unclear what Washington aims to achieve through potential military action against Iran.<\/p>\n
US officials cited by NBC said Trump has not yet determined specific targets for any possible strike. However, they noted that the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its accompanying warships are moving into striking range of Iran. According to the report, the deployment is meant as a response to rising regional tensions rather than preparation for a specific mission.<\/p>\n
The United States is also reported to have more than 450 Tomahawk cruise missiles on naval vessels in the Middle East, which could be used if Trump gives the green light for an operation against Iran.<\/p>\n
Alongside the military preparations, diplomatic efforts are also underway. Indirect talks between the United States and Iran opened Friday in Muscat, the capital of Oman, between Trump\u2019s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.<\/p>\n
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have reached a peak in recent weeks, following Trump\u2019s promise during a wave of protests in Iran last month that \u201chelp is on the way\u201d for demonstrators. While that promise has not materialized, the president has ordered what he describes as a \u201clarge armada\u201d to the region, including the Abraham Lincoln and eight destroyers.<\/p>\n
Trump has repeatedly warned Iran that it must move quickly toward an agreement with the United States or face military action that would nonetheless leave the Islamic Republic\u2019s leadership intact. He has not set a clear deadline for the talks but has said \u201ctime is running out,\u201d and earlier this week warned Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that he \u201cshould be very worried.\u201d<\/p>\n
The developments underscore a period of heightened alert in Israel\u2019s defense establishment, as senior commanders prepare for a range of scenarios tied to a possible escalation between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar and Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder have concluded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-277314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}