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1/26/2021–|Last Updated: 1/27/202101:20 a. M. (Mecca)
Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi said Tel Aviv is working on developing plans and scenarios to deal with Iranian attempts to develop a nuclear bomb, at a time when Tehran threatened to halt implementation of the additional protocol. to monitor its nuclear activities.
In a rare public speech, Kochavi confirmed that he had asked his teams to work on developing new plans to address what he described as an Iranian nuclear threat should a political decision be made to attack Tehran.
He explained, during a conference organized by the Tel Aviv University Defense Research Institute, that he prepared a precise plan to launch a possible military strike against Iran that would thwart Iranian attempts to get closer to possessing a nuclear bomb.
He said that Iran possesses an unacceptable quantity of enriched uranium and the centrifuges it has developed; This enables it to accelerate the process of developing a nuclear bomb, emphasizing its opposition to reverting to the Iranian nuclear deal even if amendments are made to it and demanding that the sanctions imposed on Tehran be maintained.
“Pressure must continue to be exerted on Iran, and Iran cannot possess the ability to possess a nuclear bomb,” he added, noting that the Israeli military struck 500 targets in the Middle East in 2020, and said that Israeli operations in Syria had as a goal to avoid the continued Iranian presence there.
Since the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes and launched missiles in this country. Attacking the forces of the Syrian regime and its Iranian allies and the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Tehran is a threat
On Tuesday, Tehran threatened to suspend the additional protocol for the IAEA’s control of Iran’s nuclear activities on February 21 if the rest of the parties do not follow through on their promises.
Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said the opportunity for the United States to return to the nuclear deal and implement its obligations has become limited. He said: “The dialogue with the United States is not currently on the table and we have had no contact with the Biden administration.” And any progress in the negotiations file depends on the implementation of International Resolution 2231., which is the UN Security Council resolution that approved the concluded nuclear agreement.
He stressed that Tehran is awaiting the announcement of Washington’s official positions on how to return to the nuclear deal and lift the sanctions imposed on its country, adding: “We hope that Washington will take practical steps to increase confidence and show goodwill.”
During the era of former US President Donald Trump, the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal and launched a campaign to impose “maximum pressure” on Tehran, by reimposing and then tightening US sanctions on Iran, which responded by abandoning most of its Obligations stipulated in the agreement, but denied that seek to develop nuclear military capacity.
Israeli authorities fear that the arrival of President Joe Biden to the White House – who considers Trump’s policy towards Iran a failure – will be accompanied by an attempt to save this deal.
Israeli military officer threatened to attack Hamas in Gaza (Reuters)Lahmas and Hezbollah threats
In another context, the Israeli Army Chief of Staff said that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Lebanese Hezbollah had established units whose mission was to deploy to Israel when orders were issued.
The Israeli Chief of Staff threatened the Lebanese and the residents of the Gaza Strip near the missile tents, saying: “Leave your places, as they are full of rockets and missiles. The Israeli army attacking these places will flood. Whoever decides to stay will take responsibility. “
In reaching an agreement with Hamas, Kochavi said that they will not proceed with an agreement unless the issue of Israeli prisoners held by the movement is resolved.
The Israeli military commander revealed that his forces had carried out what he described as a “commando operation” in one country (he did not name it) last week, saying that “it was not necessarily from the ring countries.”
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