https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-12-24...2 hr 33 min ago
US expects Iran to carry out direct strikes against targets inside Israel, sources say
From CNN's MJ Lee and Natasha Bertrand
The United States currently expects Iran will carry out strikes against multiple targets inside Israel and that Iranian proxies could also be involved in carrying out the attacks, according to a senior administration official and a source familiar with the intelligence.
The targets would likely be both inside Israel and around the region.
The beginning of a state-on-state conflict between Iran and Israel would mark a serious escalation in the region that the US has hoped to avoid.
3 hr 17 min ago
US sees Iran moving military assets including drones and cruise missiles, sources say
From Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann
The US observed Iran moving military assets around internally, including drones and cruise missiles, signaling that it is possibly preparing to attack Israeli targets from inside its own territory, according to two people familiar with US intelligence.
It is not clear whether Iran is preparing to strike from its soil as part of an initial attack, or if it is posturing to try to deter Israel or the US from conducting a possible counter strike on its territory.
One of the people said the US had observed Iran readying as many as 100 cruise missiles.
Some context: The Iranians want their retaliatory strike on Israel — a response to the Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate last week in Damascus — to be "significant," one of the people familiar with the intelligence said. But they also want to avoid getting embroiled in a direct war with Israel and the US, CNN has reported, which is why US intelligence has assessed that Iran may use its proxy forces to launch the first attack.
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