Israel has reportedly decided on targets it could strike in Iran in retaliation for Tehran's missile barrage on the country on October 1, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowing there will be “a precise and deadly response.” ”.
The Instances of Israel, citing news from Channel 12, reports that the Israel Defense Forces have presented a list of potential targets to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gallant as officials are carrying out “smart coordination” with other Middle East countries. East.
“The objectives are clear. Now it's a matter of time,” a source reportedly told Israeli newspaper Kan Information.
Another source told Kan that “targets could also change at the last moment,” according to The Times of Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, in October 2023. The two Israeli leaders have reportedly been presented with targets to attack in Iran in response to Tehran's missile attack on Israel on October 1. (Reuters/Pool)
The newspaper quoted Gallant as saying Tuesday that he is “eye to eye” with Netanyahu and military chief Herzi Halevi on “both the necessity and substance of the response” to Iran, which he described as “precise and deadly.”
Following the Tehran attack, in which the United States helped defend Israel from the more than 180 missiles fired at it, Netanyahu promised to make Iran “pay” which sparked immediate speculation about what the counterattack would look like.
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Rockets fired from Iran are seen at Jerusalem from Hebron in the West Bank on October 1. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Pictures)
No casualties were reported in Israel, although one Palestinian was killed in the West Bank, and Biden has urged Netanyahu to launch nothing more than a “proportionate” counterattack.
However, speculation has increased about the type of attack Israel could hit Iran with, and security analysts have begun to review attack options ranging from attacking military sites, infrastructure important to the Iranian regime such as oil refineries and ports, even an attack against Iran's expansion. nuclear program.
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
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Following Iran's attack in April, during which it launched some 300 missiles and drones at Israel, Jerusalem responded to Western calls for restraint by attacking Iran's air defenses and destroying part of an S-300 long-range air defense system. .
Fox Information's Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.