Netanyahu Convenes Emergency Security Cabinet
The high-stakes gathering, attended by a select group of senior ministers, was scheduled for 11:00 AM local time — 0800 GMT —Israeli media reported, citing an Israeli official familiar with the arrangements.
The meeting was called against a backdrop of rapidly deteriorating security conditions. Earlier Monday, an Israeli airstrike struck a petrochemical facility in Mahshahr, Iran, with Iranian officials confirming the complex sustained partial damage. Simultaneously, air raid sirens pierced the skies over multiple cities across central and southern Israel as Tehran launched fresh missile salvos.
The current flare-up represents the latest — and most dangerous — episode of a conflict that has steadily intensified since US and Israeli forces conducted joint airstrikes on Iran in late February, drawing successive waves of Iranian retaliation against Israel and regional nations hosting American troops.
A brief ceasefire reached on April 8 had offered a fleeting respite, but the agreement swiftly collapsed as both sides clashed over terms of implementation, while broader regional developments continued to fuel the cycle of hostilities.
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