{"id":1423,"date":"2024-10-31T18:09:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T22:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2024-10-31T18:10:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T22:10:48","slug":"ayatollah-khamenei-orders-immediate-preparations-for-iran-to-strike-israel-from-iraqi-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=1423","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Ayatollah Khamenei orders immediate preparations for Iran to strike Israel from Iraqi territory &#8212; The Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1424\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-31-at-6.04.23-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"654\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-31-at-6.04.23-PM.png 654w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-31-at-6.04.23-PM-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Israeli intelligence suggests Iran is preparing to attack Israel from Iraqi territory in the coming days, possibly before the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-826726\">US presidential election<\/a>\u00a0on Nov. 5, Axios reported on Thursday, citing two unidentified Israeli sources.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<p>The attack is expected to be carried out from Iraq using a large number of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-826133\">drones and ballistic missiles<\/a>, the Axios report added.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<p>The report said that carrying out the attack through pro-Iran militias in Iraq could be an attempt by Tehran to avoid another Israeli attack against strategic targets in Iran.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<div class=\"divAnyClip hide-for-premium\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"divVidazoo hide-for-premium\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"hide-for-premium\">\n<div id=\"outbrain_widget_0\" class=\"OUTBRAIN\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\/breaking-news\/article-827067\" data-widget-id=\"AR_36\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"macintel\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ob_box_cont CRAB_36\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<p>Later on Thursday, a\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0report, citing three Iranian sources, said that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-826379\">Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>\u00a0had already on Monday, ordered Iran&#8217;s Supreme National Security Council to prepare to strike Israel.<\/p>\n<section class=\"fake-br-for-article-body\"><\/section>\n<figure class=\"article-image-in-body\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mfp-image-popup-container-link\" title=\" MISSILES FIRED from Iran are intercepted over northern Israel, last Tuesday. This has been a grueling year marked by unrelenting challenges. Just this past week, Israel faced an attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, the writer notes. (credit: AYAL MARGOLIN\/FLASH90)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822\/626447\" alt=\" MISSILES FIRED from Iran are intercepted over northern Israel, last Tuesday. This has been a grueling year marked by unrelenting challenges. Just this past week, Israel faced an attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, the writer notes. (credit: AYAL MARGOLIN\/FLASH90)\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" data-mfp-src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822\/626447\" data-image-name=\" MISSILES FIRED from Iran are intercepted over northern Israel, last Tuesday. This has been a grueling year marked by unrelenting challenges. Just this past week, Israel faced an attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, the writer notes. (credit: AYAL MARGOLIN\/FLASH90)\" data-image-credit=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mfp-image-popup-container-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/Icons\/zoom-image-icon.svg\" alt=\"Enlrage image\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><figcaption class=\"article-image-caption article-image-credit\">MISSILES FIRED from Iran are intercepted over northern Israel, last Tuesday. This has been a grueling year marked by unrelenting challenges. Just this past week, Israel faced an attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, the writer notes. (credit: AYAL MARGOLIN\/FLASH90)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the report, Khamenei&#8217;s decision came after an examination of the scope of the damage sustained by Iran&#8217;s missile production infrastructure and air defense systems as a result of Israel&#8217;s retaliatory strike last week.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-827067#google_vignette\">https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-827067#google_vignette<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}