Israel Postpones Confrontation with Iran Until After Elections

A senior Israeli security source, according to Israeli public broadcaster Kan 11, has assessed that any military move against Iran will be postponed until after the Knesset elections on 27 October and the US midterm elections on 3 November, while stressing that a confrontation will return sooner or later. The broadcaster reported that a secret meeting brought Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz together with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at an airbase in southern Israel, devoted to the Iran file, amid reports of progress in Washington-Tehran understandings. Netanyahu accused Iran and its allies of seeking to interfere in the Israeli elections, while Katz threatened to occupy additional areas in Nabatieh and the Litani region in southern Lebanon and empty them of residents if Hezbollah engages in any potential Iranian attack.