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Mossad and IDF are preparing for a potential Iran-backed attack from Iraq
2025-11-03
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Israel’s intelligence and defense services are quietly hardening for a new vector of assault, one that mirrors October 7th, but from the east.

Iran’s proxy militias in Iraq are reportedly positioned to launch coordinated waves of missiles and one-way drones toward Israeli targets.

Key details:

• Tehran’s Quds Force chief Esmail Qaani has met militia leaders in Iraq.
• Kataib Hezbollah controls long-range drones and smuggling routes into Syria.
• Israel is striking logistics hubs near the Iran–Iraq border.
• The 96th “Gilad” Division is training intensively in the Jordan Valley.

Analysts say an Iraq front would stretch Israel’s air-defense arc but also bring Iran’s proxies within Israel’s strike envelope.
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