Israel - Iran update
Still a lot of speculation going on but several key events have taken place which suggests things may be going hot within the next 24-48 hours.
1. Biden cut his Delaware vacation short - for the first time - for military briefings.
2 Israel’i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making his way towards the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media reports. (Not totally unique but timing)
3. Israel’s Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, is postponing his trip to Austria and Hungary, scheduled for tomorrow, “due to the security situation” according to reports.
4. Home Front Command’s defensive guidelines.
As part of the changes, it was decided to prohibit educational activities across Israel. In green areas, gatherings will be limited to 1,000 people.
These suggest the U.S. and Israel have received new intelligence that needs action.
Again speculation factor is still very high, but these actions are good indicators something is up
Developing.
Update 2 see also above.
NOTAM for Jordanian Airspace is now published, closure of Airspace from 2300 local, this is inline with Home Front Commands timeline for changes to restrictions for public in Israel.
Appears Israel and Jordan are working off the same schedule.
A FlyDubai (FDB1625) plane from Dubai to Tel Aviv this evening is returning to Dubai. No reason given.
3 x Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker on station over n Iraq
Developing.
That alone is alarming.
It goes to show the seriousness of the situation.
However, I think it's just for show as I don't think he's capable of making any kind of informed decisions about this much less understand all the repercussions of "his" decisions.
This is just political theater to make it look like he's doing something and in control.
But if his handlers want to give the appearance that he's at the helm, something is up.