Iran "preparing to imminently launch" missile attack on Israel, U.S. official says
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A senior White House official told CBS News on Tuesday that the U.S. had "indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel." The warning, which Israel's military said had been communicated from Washington, came hours after Israel announced the beginning of "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids" against the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
"We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack," the White House official said, adding that any direct "attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran."
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A senior White House official told CBS News on Tuesday that the U.S. had "indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel." The warning, which Israel's military said had been communicated from Washington, came hours after Israel announced the beginning of "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids" against the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Almost a year after Israel launched its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the Iran-backed group's Oct. 7 terrorist rampage, it announced the beginning of what the Israel Defense Forces said would be "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids" against Iran's much larger, better-armed proxy group Hezbollah in Lebanon. The ground operations were announced after about two weeks of blistering airstrikes on Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, which have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced about 1 million people from their homes, according to Lebanese officials.
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The Israeli military says it has begun a "limited, localized" ground operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.