By Anthony Marcus, correspondent. Eurasia Business News, August 6, 2024. Article n°1142.

Tehran sent a warning to Israel through Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. Walla and Axios wrote that the attack could occur on August 5, Iran issued a warning for civilian aircraft.

Iran has warned that it intends to attack Israel, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said. The warning from Tehran, he said, was transmitted through Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, the Jerusalem Post reported.

“The world must demand a price from Iran for any aggressive actions it takes,” Katz added.

Iran earlier on Monday issued a Danger Warning for Civil Aircraft (NOTAM), it affects the center, west and northwest of the country.

Three sources familiar with the situation previously told Axios that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in a conversation with colleagues from the G7 countries (the G7, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan and the United States) said that Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah it backs could attack Israel as early as August 5. This was also reported by the Israeli portal Walla, citing three sources familiar with the conversation.

According to the United States, Hezbollah and Iran are indeed going to strike, the sources of both publications said.

Tensions in the Middle East reached a peak after the death of Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31. According to various sources, he died as a result of a direct missile strike or the detonation of an explosive device planted in advance. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported that Haniyeh was killed by “a shot of a short-range projectile with a warhead weighing about 7 kg.”

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Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack and vowed to retaliate. The Israeli side did not confirm its involvement. Also at the end of July, one of the Hezbollah commanders, Fouad Shukr, was killed, Israel admitted involvement in his death.

As one of the Israeli officials told NBC, Israel is preparing for a multi-day attack with drones and missiles from Iran and Hezbollah.

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The United States, against the backdrop of increasing tensions, sent an aircraft carrier strike group, additional cruisers and destroyers to the Middle East. Washington called for preventing an escalation in the region.

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