Israel is on high alert ahead of Tehran's response to the assassination of a senior Revolutionary Guards officer in Damascus. The fear in Israel is that the Iranians are preparing for a widespread attack that will cause damage and deaths to the Israeli home front.
An Iranian attack on the Israeli rear, on the IDF base, population concentrations or strategic facilities and national infrastructures, will oblige Israel to respond sharply. But then Israel will be faced with the following dilemma: will the IDF respond to an unusual attack with casualties or damage to national and military inf infrastructure against Iran or against The countries of origin like Syria, Yemen, Lebanon? And will they be upset if there are no casualties but only damage? At the moment the IDF is not taking unnecessary risks and has decided to reinforce all formations in the field of detection, control, and air defense from the ground, from the air and from the sea. The various formations will be reinforced by reserve forces on round-the-clock shifts. The General Staff level presented to the Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant, the level of preparedness of the forces in the air, at sea and on land.