Iran claimed it is replenishing its missile and drone launchers at a higher speed than it did prior to the war with the US and Israel, the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force commander, Majid Mousavi, said in a video shared on social media on Sunday, according to Nournews.
The Jerusalem Post could not verify the legitimacy of the footage.
“They have lost this phase of the war! They have lost the Strait, Lebanon, and the region,” Mousavi said.
Mousavi’s statement was shared alongside an edited video of him inspecting an unspecified underground missile facility. The video also included footage of drones, missiles, and launchers inside underground facilities as well as ground missile launches.
Mousavi also claimed that “Unlike Iran, the enemy has been unable to replenish its ammunition during the ceasefire.”
While neither the US nor Israel has officially responded to these claims, a Saturday N12 News report stated that Israel’s security establishment had located missile launchers aimed at Israel, poised to strike if a ceasefire wasn’t reached between Israel and Lebanon
The threat from Iran was the motivation for US President Donald Trump’s increased pressure on Israel to come to an agreement with Lebanon, and his Friday announcement that Israel is prohibited from “bombing Lebanon any longer,” according to the N12 report.
Israel and the US are also preparing for the possibility that war will resume with Iran, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz threaten peace negotiations, a source told the Israeli news outlet. The IDF has reportedly approved a list of targets for attack, focusing on national infrastructure and energy. The military is also planning operations that, if implemented, would continue toward the goals from the previous round of fighting.
Netanyahu shocked Trump ‘prohibited’ strikes on Lebanon, believes it inconsistent with ceasefire
Israel was surprised by Trump’s announcement that the IDF is “prohibited” from continuing strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to a Saturday Axios report.
The report noted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “personally stunned and alarmed” by the post, and that Israeli officials sought clarification from the White House.
This comes after Trump posted on Truth Social that Israel was prohibited from “bombing Lebanon any longer,” and that the US will work with Lebanon separately and “deal with the Hezbollah situation in an appropriate manner.”
The language implied that Trump was directly issuing an order to Israel, which would be unimaginable under other presidential administrations, Axios noted.
Notably, according to the ceasefire agreement, Israel still has the right to take military action during the ceasefire, “in self-defense, at any time, against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks.”
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