As Israel has failed to achieve its declared objectives of dismantling Iran\u2019s nuclear program, officials in Tel Aviv have increasingly shifted their focus toward highlighting what they describe as the \u201cmissile threat\u201d posed by Iran\u2014one that, according to their claims, could have consequences comparable to those of \u201ca small nuclear bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Khabaronline, <\/strong>an Iranian news agency, According to Hebrew-language media reports, an Israeli official said on Thursday in an interview with the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth that if the United States fails to reach an agreement to halt Iran\u2019s ballistic missile program, a military confrontation with Iran could become unavoidable.<\/p>\n Describing the ballistic missile threat as \u201cextremely serious,\u201d the official claimed that the launch of a large number of such missiles toward Israel could inflict damage equivalent to the effects of a small nuclear weapon. He added that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to present \u201csensitive\u201d information on this issue to Donald Trump in the near future.<\/p>\n At the same time, senior officials at Israel\u2019s Ministry of Finance have acknowledged that any renewed war with Iran would impose tens of billions of shekels in additional costs on the country\u2019s security institutions. According to internal estimates, if Iran were to adopt a strategy of mass missile launches toward the occupied territories, the Israeli government would be forced to pay billions of shekels in compensation for damage to buildings and infrastructure.<\/p>\n
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