Washington is considering bombing Iran with its most powerful “non-nuclear” bomb

A team of senior American military personnel, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, is pushing to resume the war against Iran, while advisors to US President Donald Trump prefer to continue “strangling Iran” with economic sanctions.

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed yesterday (Wednesday) that he opposes launching a pre-emptive attack on Tehran ahead of the Israeli elections, but stressed that “within the next two years he will bring down Iran.”

The American-Israeli disagreement over the timing of the war coincided with talk about Iran adopting “new tactics” to target ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, while it was reported that a container ship caught fire and sank as a result of colliding with a mine. The spokesman for the Revolutionary Guard, Brigadier General Hussein Mohebi, also stated that Iran was able to obtain much more advanced weapons after the Forty Day War.

On the ground, three people were injured after an unidentified drone collided with a fishing boat in the Sirik area of ​​Hormozgan Province, southern Iran.

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said on Wednesday that the army had strengthened its forces “on all fronts,” warning of the increasing risk of escalation as the elections scheduled for later this month approached.

During a visit to the occupied West Bank, Zamir said that the possibility of incidents on Israel's borders has increased in light of the electoral atmosphere, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is engaged in a fierce competition to remain in power in the elections scheduled for October 27.

Zamir said, according to a statement issued by the Israeli army: “In light of the increasing warnings on all fronts and the sensitivity of this stage, the possibilities of escalation have increased.”

He added: “We have strengthened our forces in all regions.”

He pointed out that the army had raised its level of alert in preparation for “scenarios in which attempts might be made to surprise us.”

In recent days, Israel has commemorated the third anniversary of the surprise attack launched by Hamas on October 7.

Israel responded to the attack by launching a war that turned most parts of the Gaza Strip into rubble and resulted in the deaths of more than 74,000 people, according to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, which is under the authority of Hamas, figures that the United Nations considers reliable.

Zamir stressed the need for “vigilance,” stressing that the army “is on high alert to launch large-scale offensive operations against any party trying to harm Israeli civilians.”

In the Gaza Strip, a year after the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect, the Israeli army currently controls more than 60 percent of the devastated Strip, while its strikes continue.

As for Lebanon, violence in the south has decreased since a memorandum of understanding was reached between Iran and the United States in June, and then Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement stipulating the disarmament of Hezbollah and a gradual Israeli withdrawal, but the implementation of the agreement faltered.

Israel was also subjected to attacks from Iran during the war in the Middle East that broke out in February, following American-Israeli strikes on Iran.