From 11pm this evening (10pm in Italy) "educational activities" or schools and kindergartens will be "prohibited throughout the country" Joe Biden also changes plans for the weekend and returns from Delaware to the White House this afternoon for "urgent consultations" on the crisis in the Middle East. The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S.
has moved warships into position to protect not only Israel but its own forces in the Mideast. "Unfortunately the situation is very tense, there are risks of an escalation", said the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani. "The IDF is ready for all scenarios and will take the necessary steps, together with its allies, to protect the people of Israel," warned Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari in a statement released during his sabbatical rest. The United States, then - a senior Biden administration official and a source close to US intelligence tell CNN - expect that Iran will carry out "attacks against multiple targets inside Israel"