The Wall Street Journal has reported this morning that Israel still hasn’t decided on how they will response to Iran’s aggression this past weekend.
Meanwhile, Iran is quickly evacuating their IRGC terrorists from Syria and pulling any soldiers they have in the country back to Iran.
Here’s more from WSJ:
Iran is bracing for a retaliatory Israeli attack on its territory or proxies, as the U.S. and European nations pressed Israel for a response that cools tensions caused by Tehran’s weekend missile and drone assault.
Iran said Wednesday it was readying its air force for strikes and its navy would begin escorting commercial Iranian ships in the Red Sea. Tehran also has begun evacuating personnel from sites in Syria where its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has a large presence, Syrian and Iranian officials and advisers said.
The IRGC and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah have reduced the presence of their senior officers in Syria while midranking officers are shifting from their original locations in the country, Syrian security officials said.
The Biden administration is encouraging Israel not to retaliate and to instead be satisfied that a U.S.-brokered alliance including Israel and Arab nations successfully repelled Iran’s Saturday assault, which included more than 300 attack drones and cruise and ballistic missiles. British and German foreign ministers were in Israel Wednesday to reinforce that message of de-escalation.
Israel has said it intends to respond, but officials are still undecided on the nature of the retaliation.
To encourage Israel to limit its response, the White House said Tuesday it would impose a series of economic sanctions on Iran, including on the IRGC and its missile and drone programs. Other sanctions could target its oil industry and its ability to raise government revenues.
In a sign Israel is considering the U.S. and its allies’ message, Israeli officials assured Gulf states and other Arab countries on Monday that its response to Iran’s attack wouldn’t endanger their security and would likely be limited in scope, The Wall Street Journal reported. Israel is likely to warn its Arab allies before it retaliates and could limit its attacks to Iran-linked facilities in Syria, according to regional Arab officials.
I had hoped that by now Israel would have already acted. They do seem to be taking their time crafting this response. I think it goes without question that every Iranian military building in Syria should be turned into rubble. And any nuclear facility in Iran itself, including their underground facilities, should also be turned into rubble. If Israel really wants to make an impact, that’s where I’d start. But I’m starting to think that, whatever Israel does, it will only be limited to Syria.