Two weeks to elections - Israel emphasizes: "No change in assessment of the situation in Iran"

Israeli intelligence officials assess that Iran's ballistic missile tests in recent days are part of a slow and partial rehabilitation of its missile array, and do not justify an Israeli-American military operation in the coming weeks, two weeks before Israel's elections. There is concern over Iranian miscalculation due to heavy economic and international pressure on Tehran.

Israeli intelligence officials assess that Iran's ballistic missile tests in recent days from several sites across the country do not constitute a change in the assessment of the situation that would justify launching an Israeli-American military operation in the coming weeks. The assessment is that this is an Iranian effort for a slow and partial rehabilitation of the missile array that was damaged during the war. However, there is a genuine concern over Iranian miscalculation: the Iranians, pushed to the wall by heavy international pressure and a difficult economic situation, may interpret Israeli and American statements as warnings of an anticipated preemptive move and try to preempt it with a surprise attack. Israel and the US are conducting joint and coordinated activity together with Gulf states, and are preparing for a range of scenarios. Meanwhile, it was revealed that Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke with President Trump about the possibility of renewing the war against Iran even before the elections, but Netanyahu's office denied that he is pushing for an attack. Trump made clear that the US will not attack Iran before the midterm elections in November.