The stage is set for a potential repeat of April's massive escalation when Iran launched hundreds of missiles in its first direct attack on Israel.
Hezbollah and Iran are poised to attack Israel this week to avenge the assassinations of two of their leaders. That is the assessment of Israeli intelligence, according to the country's best connected security correspondents. One of them Ronen Bergman, author of Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations, told Sky News that Israel's spies say it is not a question of if, but when.
In Tehran, Professor Mohammad Marandi, an analyst with close ties to the country's government, told Sky News Iran has to act. 'Yes, there's really no option,' he says. 'The Israeli regime carried out an assassination in Tehran. A high ranking official was murdered. An official guest of the country in an official guest house that belonged to the state.
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