{"id":230499,"date":"2026-11-12T23:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-warns-of-expanded-retaliation-as-israel-reportedly-readies-to-attack-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T23:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:34:10","slug":"iran-warns-of-expanded-retaliation-as-israel-reportedly-readies-to-attack-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-warns-of-expanded-retaliation-as-israel-reportedly-readies-to-attack-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran warns of expanded retaliation as Israel reportedly readies to attack – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli security cabinet orders military to step up preparations for a possible attack on Iran, Israeli media reports.<\/em>
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Israel has reportedly ordered its military to step up readiness for possible strikes on Iran as Tehran warned it would expand the war beyond the region if attacked.
Israel\u2019s security cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the military to step up preparations for an attack on Iran, Israeli media reported on Wednesday evening.
\u201cThe directives issued by the security cabinet to the Israeli military could lead it to carry out activities that could trigger a war,\u201d public broadcaster KAN reported.
KAN said the directives were made public after Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot issued a statement telling Netanyahu \u2013 who is serving as prime minister in a caretaker capacity \u2013 not to deploy the military \u201cwithout a direct and immediate threat\u201d until the next government is formed.
Eisenkot was offered the chance to form a new government<\/a> by Israeli President Isaac Herzog over the weekend after Netanyahu\u2019s ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in the October elections.
Netanyahu, who is on the cusp of losing power if the opposition succeeds in forming a government, has been adamant that the war on Iran will continue until the collapse of the government in Tehran.
Reports of Israeli preparations to attack Iran come at a time of intense diplomatic efforts to avert further conflict and reach a diplomatic solution.
US President Donald Trump has said that he is prepared to return to waging war if a diplomatic track offered by Qatar fails to facilitate a deal between Washington and Tehran.
Iran\u2019s security chief Mohsen Rezaei said in a social media post, \u201cIf the US launches another war against Iran, every military base involved in the aggression, from West Asia to Europe, will be a legitimate target for Iran\u2019s lethal strikes.\u201d
\u201cNo safe distance. No safe haven. No immunity,\u201d he added.
Al Jazeera\u2019s Resul Serdar Atas, reporting from Tehran, said the Iranian leadership has been discussing whether or not to appoint the hawkish Rezaei as Iran\u2019s new chief negotiator.
\u201cIn Tehran, there have been voices saying that if this status quo goes on for quite a long period of time, Iran will not wait and might take pre-emptive action,\u201d Atas said, adding that the current lead negotiator, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has commented on Iran\u2019s determination to move beyond this state of \u201cno war, no peace\u201d through \u201csustainable deterrence\u201d if negotiations fail.
Ghalibaf told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview<\/a> published on Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> will \u201cnever return\u201d to its status prior to the US-Israel war on Iran and that \u201cthe ball is now in the American court\u201d.
\u201cWhat stands in the way of an agreement is our lack of trust in the United States,\u201d he said.
In Washington, DC, Al Jazeera\u2019s Alan Fisher said Trump is still justifying why he went to war with Iran and saying that it would end soon.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also said the Trump administration\u2019s economic pressure campaign against Iran is proving so effective that a resumption of large-scale military operations is unnecessary.
\u201cOver the last few days, both the president and Marco Rubio have said, effectively, that large-scale military engagement is over. They do not see the need to restart it unless Iran crosses red lines,\u201d Fisher said, adding that the \u201ckey issue for this White House is always to be in a position where Trump can declare victory\u201d.
\u201cBut it is clear there is some movement behind the scenes as far as negotiating a settlement,\u201d he said.
Despite the push for peace, US forces \u201ccontinue to work around the clock\u201d in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open for commercial shipping, strictly enforcing the \u201cironclad\u201d naval blockade against Iran, according to the US Central Command.
Meanwhile, oil prices rose about 1 percent on Wednesday after Tehran rejected a US proposal to transfer its stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium to a third country.
Brent futures settled $1.27, or 1.39 percent, higher at $92.76, while US West Texas Intermediate crude gained 49 cents, or 0.57 percent, to $86.53.
In the previous session, oil prices had initially fallen by more than $3 a barrel after US officials played down<\/a> the need for further military strikes against Iran.
Prices later pared some losses when an Iranian official said no talks<\/a> were taking place between the two sides.<\/p>\n

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