Norwegian-Israeli Peter Beck has made all the preparations he can. Water, biscuits, extra batteries and a radio to get news and important messages from the authorities: all this is in place in the small security room of the house in the town of Pardes Hanah-Karkur, in central Israel. – There is no panic here now, everyone knows that there will be an Iranian response soon enough. But most people trust that the Israeli missile defense will be able to take down Iranian missiles and drones, says Peter Beck. Peter Beck ((85) has prepared the security room, and the radio is ready with new batteries to listen to important messages from the authorities. Photo: private A foretold attack Israel and Iran have been preparing for many years that the two countries will face each other in a direct conflict. Both countries’ military forces have been training for such a scenario. The killings of two anti-Israeli leaders in the past week have brought such a scenario closer. Fuad Shukr of the Iranian-backed movement, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed 12 hours apart. Israel has claimed responsibility for the murder of Shukr, but not for Haniyeh. But experts believe that Israel is also behind this murder, which took place on Iranian soil. This week it also emerged that they In July, the leader of Hamas’s military wing was killed. This has not been confirmed by other sources. Flights to Israel are canceled. Airlines are canceling flights to and from both Israel and Lebanon. Both the United States and Britain on Saturday asked their own citizens to leave the country as soon as possible, according to AFP. On Friday this week, Sweden closed its embassy in Lebanon. – Iran has a wide range of options for their retaliation, says Brigadier Yossi Kuperwasser, from the Misgav Institute for National Security in Israel, he is the former head of the research department in Israeli military intelligence. – All sides understand that the chances of this conflict worsening into a full-scale regional war are not small, despite the fact that everyone says they have no interest in this, he tells the Jerusalem Post. – People are scared, but not panicked In Tel Aviv, Norwegian-Israeli Louis Kahn prepares himself, his husband and children for what is to come. They live in an apartment in a block that has no shelter. When Hamas from the Gaza Strip sends its rockets, they used to sit in the stairwell to protect themselves, she says. Here, Louis Kahn sits with his family in the stairwell, during a rocket attack from Hamas on the Gaza Strip. Photo: private But Louis Kahn says this is not safe enough, if Iran sends ballistic missiles at Israel. So she has borrowed a key to a safe bomb room in the neighboring building. It takes three minutes to run there when the alarm goes off. – People are scared, but not panicked. This could be the direct confrontation with Iran that we have all long feared. But there are no signs of hoarding of food, as was the case the last time Iran attacked, says Kahn to news. In April this year, Iran attacked Israel with 300 rockets and drones. Most were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. Iran’s attack was a response to an Israeli attack on a building at the Iranian consulate in Syria. The Iranian attack was the closest the two countries have come to a direct confrontation, after decades of tension. It was also the first time Iran fired from its own territory at Israel. Steel doors and gas filter Peter Beck (85) sends pictures of the security room, which he and his wife have prepared. They usually use it as a library and guest room. The room is specially reinforced with a gas filter and a steel door. The window is reinforced, according to government guidelines. The security room is used as a guest room and library as usual, but now it has been prepared for an expected Iranian attack. The window is reinforced. Photo: private Beck, who was previously Aftenposten’s correspondent in the Middle East, follows closely. He says most Israelis trust the missile defense system, Iron Dome. He believes the US’s move of military ships to the Mediterranean is helping to deter Iran. – But at the same time, Iran will probably have to respond more strongly than last time, so they will probably have to do something strong, says Peter Beck. Published 04.08.2024, at 14.09
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