Iran warned today, Saturday, that its ally, Hezbollahis expected to hit Israel “deep” and yes “don’t limit yourself to military targets”, in response to the assassination of the Lebanese Islamist organization’s military commander, the Fuad Soukr, on Tuesday near Beirut.

After this blow, “we expect that Hezbollah will choose more targets and (hit) deeply (Israel),” Iran’s delegation to the United Nations said today, according to the official Irna news agency.

“Hezbollah and the (Israeli) regime were observing certain lines that the (Tuesday night) attack crossed,” he stated the Iranian delegation. Now, the Lebanese organization “will not limit its response to military targets”, he added.

Tensions in the region are increasing day by day with the balances being particularly delicate after the US decision to send warships and fighters to the Middle East.

It is recalled that the leader of the Lebanese armed organization Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah has warned that the war with Israel is entering a new phase, warning that the organization will definitely respond to the assassination. In fact, he has hinted that a coordinated attack against Israel is very likely

“Because they have picked a fight with everyone, they don’t know where the answer will come from … the answer will come separately or in concert,” he said in a speech on Thursday.

American officials predict Iranian retaliation in the coming days

At the same time, US ships and fighters are gradually massing in the Middle East in anticipation of retaliation from Iran, which US officials say will come in the coming days.

Israel’s military radio says the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt arrived today in the Strait of Hormuz, just 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) off the coast of Iran.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin also ordered additional cruisers and destroyers capable of ballistic missile defense in the Middle East and areas under US European command, as well as a new fighter squadron in the Middle East.

Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Friday that “the Department of Defense continues to take steps to mitigate the potential for regional escalation by Iran or Iran’s partners and proxies.”

The U.S. decision to send warships and a squadron of fighters to the region marks perhaps the biggest move by U.S. forces since the early days of the Gaza war, when the Pentagon sent two aircraft strike groups to the Middle East warning regional militant groups not to expand. the battles.

The situation in the region is tense following the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya and senior Hezbollah official Fouad Shukr.

As for when it will attack, in a latest development, information gathered by Western intelligence services and broadcast by the Israeli media indicates that Iran is going to attack Israel on the holy day of Tisha B’Av. The Jewish holy day begins on August 12 and ends on August 13.

Yesterday, Friday, France urged its citizens to leave Iran and Cyprus said it has expanded its plans to support a large-scale evacuation from the region if the war widens.