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Israel's military has been put on high alert amid warnings that Iran could be preparing for a huge attack with Tehran thought to be preparing to strike beore Donald Trump takes office

Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East. Its bad times are likely to get worse once President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with his policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday welcomed the election of his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun after the country went more than two years without a head of state, saying unity will "defeat" Israel.

Weeks before Trump's inauguration, Iran is preparing for potential threats to its nuclear facilities – and for the possible domestic reaction.

Israel blew up an Iran sponsored Syrian missile factory after its elite commandos raided it last September. The missiles posed an existential threat to Israel amid its war against Tehran's proxies.

Israel has significantly weakened Iran and its proxies in the Middle East in the aftermath of Hamas's Oct. 7 terrorist attack but several of the conflicts are continuing with no clear end in sight.

"Many people think the United States saves Israel, but the truth is that today Israel's role is to save the United States from itself," this surprising statement by Dr. Michael Doran, an American expert on the Middle East,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel had chosen the targets it attacked in Iran based on its national interests, not according to what was dictated by the United ...

Israel will probably hold interest rates for an eighth consecutive time, as the central bank anticipates more inflationary pressure stemming from a multi-front war against Iran-backed militias.