On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) canceled all home leave for combat troops, citing Iran’s threats of retaliation for the IDF’s attack in Iran’s Damascus embassy. That attack killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. The IDF is reported to be bracing for attacks, including the possibility of attacks directly from Iran.
With Iran vowing to retaliate for a strike earlier this week on one of its consular buildings in Damascus that it blames on Israel, the Israel Defense Forces on Thursday said it had halted home leave for all combat troops following a fresh assessment.
“The IDF is at war and the issue of the deployment of forces is constantly reviewed as needed,” the military noted in its announcement.
Possible scenarios for which the IDF is understood to be preparing include missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed groups in…
