IDF expects several more days of exchanges with Iran, prepares major reserve call-up

The Israel Defense Forces assessed Monday morning that the tit-for-tat exchanges with Iran are likely to continue for several more days, according to Galei Tzahal. In response, the military is preparing a broad reserve mobilization and is expected to call up several reserve battalions, while also reinforcing forces along the borders, especially on the seam line in the West Bank and on the Jordan border.

A wider reserve call-up also began Monday morning in the Home Front Command. As part of the preparations, rescue and relief units are being mobilized so they can reach impact sites if needed.

The report said the IDF believes the Iranian axis is trying to impose new rules of the game on Israel. It described this as a familiar tactic, noting that Palestinian Islamic Jihad previously tried to create a similar equation, firing from the Gaza Strip in response to the arrest of an operative in Jenin. Israel, the report said, learned that restraint can be dangerous.

The strike carried out Monday morning in Iran against a petrochemical plant was said to send a dual message. On one hand, Israel is still limiting the scope of its actions, and on the other it is signaling that it is prepared to hit energy and oil infrastructure, which has not been targeted until now.