Centcom chief in Israel … new missiles join Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Friday that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Navy has new cruise missiles equipped with untraceable high-explosive warheads.

The group said: A large number of cruise missiles have infiltrated the Revolutionary Guard’s fleet, and that these missiles can cause widespread damage and sink their targets.

Increase in area

This news comes after Iran promised to respond to Israel, after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the anti-Islamic Movement “Hamas,” together with his personal companion, Waseem Jamal Abu Shaaban, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on July 31.

The region is seeing an increase amid fears that Hezbollah will launch an attack on Israel in response to the assassination of its prominent leader, Fouad Shukr, two weeks before Haniyeh’s martyrdom.

Corilla is in Israel for the second time in less than a week

In the same context, General Michael Corella, head of the US Army Central Command (Centcom), whose operations include the Middle East, arrived in Israel for the second time in less than a week, the amid fears of escalation between Tehran and Tel Aviv. .

Yesterday, Thursday, Kurilla in Israel with the chief of staff of the army, Herzi Halevy, “assessed the security and strategic situations and arrangements… within the framework of response to threats in the East Medium,” according to the Israeli army statement on Friday.

Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee said in a brief statement published on the X platform that the American general “visited the headquarters of the Air Force and assessed the situation with the his commander, Major General Tomer Bar. “

Corella’s visit to Israel comes after Tel Aviv declared a “state of alert”, in anticipation of a possible response from Iran and Hezbollah to the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and the leader of the party, Fouad. Shukr, in Beirut, more than a week ago.

Yesterday, Thursday, the Israeli media reported how Corella arrived in Tel Aviv, on his second visit within a week, when he would meet with military officials.

During his first visit to Israel last Monday, he met with Corella Halevy and Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and discussed with them “the coordination of defense operations against a possible attack from Iran and Hezbollah.”

In a related context, Centcom announced on Thursday that the F-22 Raptor aircraft arrived in the region “as part of America’s reinforcement to face the threats of Iran and the groups it supports.” “