Media: Israel plans to target Iran's nuclear facility

Hezbollah has launched almost 1,000 rockets and missiles at vast regions across Israel’s north in recent days in what’s seen as some level of rehabilitation of its firing capabilities.

Central Israel has been kept out of Hezbollah’s target range apart from a lone attack, Caliber.Az reports via foreign media.

Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens have left their homes in south Lebanon since hostilities started, and at a faster pace in recent weeks. Israel has added the safe return of at least 60,000 displaced residents in the north to its war goals.

At this point, the biggest international concern is Israel’s expected retaliation on Iran for attacking the Jewish state with a barrage of 200 ballistic missiles last week.

"US President Joe Biden has “come out and said he doesn’t support strikes on the Iranian nuclear programme. I don’t think the Israelis will follow that,” Ralph Goff, former senior CIA officer and six-time CIA station chief, said at The Cipher Brief 2024 Threat Conference in Sea Island, Georgia. 

"I think they’ll hit at least one site there just to show and remind the Iranians that they can," Goff added. “And so if ever there was a reason for Iran to go ahead and develop a nuclear weapon, it’ll probably be the result of an Israeli strike on Iran.” 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on October 5 said two bases - in south and central Israel respectively - were hit during last week’s attack but that operational capabilities hadn’t been damaged.

By Naila Huseynova