{"id":570639,"date":"2026-08-01T18:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/570639\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T18:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:03:12","slug":"israel-boosts-defenses-ahead-of-possible-us-strike-and-sweeping-iranian-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/570639\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel boosts defenses ahead of possible US strike and sweeping Iranian threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s <a id=\"S1ZL4UX3iSzx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/sk0i8dismx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">defensive readiness<\/a> has been raised, although the Home Front Command has not issued any changes to its instructions for the public.<a class=\"gelleryOpener\" aria-label=\"open article gallery\" data-image-id=\"ArticleImageData.S1eTFPjsHMx\" id=\"image_ArticleImageData.S1eTFPjsHMx\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.S1eTFPjsHMx\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/B1Pl2LErkx_0_0_850_479_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"Missile launch from Yemen and an Arrow 3 interceptor launch \" title=\"Missile launch from Yemen and an Arrow 3 interceptor launch  (Photo: Israel Missile Defense Organization, DDR&amp;D\/Defense Ministry; Houthi Military Media\/Reuters) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.S1eTFPjsHMx\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/B1Pl2LErkx_0_0_850_479_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"Missile launch from Yemen and an Arrow 3 interceptor launch \" title=\"Missile launch from Yemen and an Arrow 3 interceptor launch  (Photo: Israel Missile Defense Organization, DDR&amp;D\/Defense Ministry; Houthi Military Media\/Reuters) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Missile launch from Yemen and an Arrow 3 interceptor launch <\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Israel Missile Defense Organization, DDR&amp;D\/Defense Ministry; Houthi Military Media\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of the heightened alert, a member of Iran\u2019s negotiating team threatened Gulf states and warned their populations to \u201cprepare for immediate evacuation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a University of Tehran professor frequently cited in the media as being close to the Iranian regime, wrote on X that statements from the Trump administration suggested an attack could be imminent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on statements by the Trump administration, it appears highly likely, after months of threats, that tonight will be the last night of normal life in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and perhaps Oman,\u201d Marandi wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that any attack on Iran\u2019s civilian infrastructure would prompt retaliation against vital facilities across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf attacks are carried out against Iran\u2019s civilian infrastructure, the vital infrastructure of these regimes, together with that of Israel and perhaps Jordan, will be destroyed,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe populations of these regimes must prepare for immediate evacuation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel has remained publicly silent on the latest reports, while continuing to monitor developments and maintain increased defensive readiness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s defensive readiness has been raised, although the Home Front Command has not issued any changes to its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-570639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570639","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=570639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}