Al -Jazeera correspondent in Palestine, Elias Karam, said that Israel She entered into an unprecedented security alert in parallel with her military attack on IranRevealing a series of security and intelligence measures taken in anticipation of Iranian counter -attacks that may include the internal and external front.
He explained that the Israeli intelligence (The Shin BetI reported from last Thursday evening the Israeli airlines of the necessity of withdrawing civilian aircraft from Ben Gurion Airport to safe airports in Greece, Cyprus and the United States, in anticipation of the possibility of the airport being subjected to missile attacks that drop or lead to burning.
He added that this step reflects prior intelligence knowledge by Israel with its intentions by launching the attack on Iranian facilities, which necessitated the implementation of widespread precautionary security measures inside and outside the country.
Regarding the Israeli losses, the Israeli army revealed that 7 soldiers were injured during the Iranian missile strikes that affected the center of the country, amid media blackout on targeting places, reflecting an Israeli desire to prevent leaking information that may enhance the image of the Iranian response.
Reducing restrictions
On the front of the internal front, the authorities have eased the instructions for restricting the population, confirming that no Iranian activity is at the present time suggesting the preparation of new ballistic missiles. But Elias Karam confirmed that the Israeli army is still expecting other attacks, and continues to monitor developments closely.
He stressed that Israel is benefiting from its intelligence cooperation with the US Central Command (Centcom) To monitor any early Iranian move to launch missiles, which gives the population a time between 10 to 12 minutes to take shelter, contrary to what is happening in the confrontations with Gaza Strip Or Hezbollah where the warning period does not exceed one minute.
He continued that the Israeli raids are currently targeting two main axes: the first is to eliminate the remaining Iranian air defense systems, and the second was hitting the ballistic missile launch platforms before activating them. He indicated that Tel Aviv It considers that the Iranian airspace has become exposed and dominated by air.
He pointed out that the Israeli army announced on Friday morning the destruction of dozens of mobile platforms of “land-land”, using manufactured aircraft and a march that monitors the movements and transportation of Iranian trucks, stressing that these operations have integrated intelligence support.
4 scenarios
On the scenarios facing Israel, Karam explained that it is dealing with 4 possibilities: the first is the continuation of the direct confrontation with Iran, and the second is the activation Houthis or Hezbollah To open support fronts, the third targeting Israeli interests and embassies abroad, and the fourth is the possibility of Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz in a way that turns the crisis into an international.
Inside, Israel continued to implement a comprehensive security cordon on the West Bank, and tightened its procedures on the green line, with the transfer of forces from Gaza to the West Bank, and the recruitment of reserve forces from elite units to strengthen the northern and Syrian fronts.
The Israeli police also sent 600 reserve elements from the border guards to enhance security control inside the cities, specifically in areas where Iranian missiles such as Rishon Lezion and Rumat Gan were fell, as the shelling and air objections caused huge damage and shrapnel scattered in a wide range.
Karam emphasized that Israel continues full alert at the level of the police, the army and the home front, in light of a fragile security reality and intelligence estimates confirming that the confrontation has not yet reached its end, and that the Iranian threat is still present at any moment.