🚩 IDF Chief of Staff held a situation assessment and approved drafted plans on all war fronts
🚩 Germany’s Scholz urges Iran’s president to avoid Middle East escalation
🚩 IDF continues its ground operation in Gaza, destroying Hamas infrastructure and eliminating militants
🔷 Iran has prepped missile, drone units just like it did before April attack according to senior officials in Washington and Jerusalem. But exact timing of promised reprisal still unknown. https://lnk.sk/pue7
🔷 Iran and its proxies could attack Israel within the next 24 hours in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas leader Haniyeh late July, Fox News reported on Monday. https://lnk.sk/vft9
🔷 IDF Chief of Staff held a situation assessment and approved plans on all war fronts emphasizing the continued high level of readiness and efforts in offensive and defensive preparations. https://lnk.sk/tjm8
🔷 White House says Iran could launch ‘significant’ attack on Israel this week, timing could affect Gaza deal talks, currently scheduled to resume on August 15. https://lnk.sk/bopa
🔷 US State Dept: we put robust military capabilities in the region, but at the same time, we continue to work diplomatically to prevent any major escalation of this conflict. https://lnk.sk/bhcw
🔷 German Chancellor Scholz appealed to Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, to do everything possible to prevent a further military escalation in a phone call on Monday. https://lnk.sk/jqxz
🔷 Delay in Iran’s attack has caused it to lose the element of surprise, strengthening Israel, Saudi Analyst Faiz Al-Asmar claimed during an interview with the Saudi Al-Hadath channel. https://lnk.sk/udnt
🔵 COMMENT by Peter Švec from ICEJ Slovakia: Chancellor Scholz said in a phone call with Prime Minister Netanyahu that “he should conclude a deal on a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas.“ Wrong recipient. Such words belong to Hamas! On 7 October, it brutally murdered 1 200 people, and 115 of those kidnapped are still missing. In this situation, the German Chancellor should have declared his unconditional support for the Jewish State in its defence against the darkness of militant Islam. And then, just a few hours later, Sinwar bluntly announces to the world that he refuses to participate in the hostage negotiations.
And one more thing, the ceasefire is not a condition for the release of the kidnapped. It is just the opposite – when the kidnapped are released, there will be a ceasefire, probably the end of the war. Israel did not need it, nor does it need it.
Today is the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av. It is a day of mourning for the many disasters that have befallen the Jewish people, including the destruction of the two Jerusalem temples. Today it is Iran that cannot resist the temptation to destroy the „Zionist entity“. Encouragingly, Israel is being aided by the massive military might of the USA, the UK, partly by France, but also by a number of Sunni states. It would be a disaster not only for Israel but also for us if, after all this, Iran were left with a nuclear weapon within its grasp.
© ICEJ Slovakia; peter.svec@icej.sk