US Confirms Threat of Iranian Attack on Israel

US Confirms Threat of Iranian Attack on Israel

The White House has confirmed that strike by Iran on Israel is a a real and credible threat.

Tensions are high over the possibility Iran will retaliate for an air strike that killed senior Iranian commanders nearly two weeks ago.

US officials had told CBS News, that a major attack on Israel could happen imminently.

Meanwhile, Israel has declared that it is ready defensively and offensively.

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday, “I can’t speak to the size, scale, scope of what that attack might look like.”

He further noted that the Iranian threat was “viable,” saying Washington was “watching this very, very closely”.

On Friday, the Hezbollah group said it had launched “dozens of rockets from Lebanon towards Israel.

An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman said around 40 missiles and two explosive drones had been fired.

He added thy no casualties were reported and there were no indications of involvement from other actors.

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