The commander of the US Central Command "CENTCOM", Brad Cooper, arrived in Israel on Saturday, following a visit by the head of Mossad, David Barnea, to the United States last week.
The Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" said that the visit of the "CENTCOM" commander comes "for coordination in the event of a possible attack on Iran." It added that Cooper will meet with high-level officials, along with the heads of security services. This comes as many airlines have suspended their flights to and through the Middle East, as tensions between the United States and Iran raise fears of wider unrest. On Friday evening, a high-ranking Iranian official warned that his country would treat any attack as a full-scale war, saying, "We will respond in the harshest ways." In recent days, media reports have reported the strengthening of the presence of American forces in the region, including the American aircraft carrier "USS Abraham Lincoln." American President Donald Trump announced earlier that a huge war fleet is moving towards the Middle East region, including an aircraft carrier and a number of destroyers. He continued: "We have a lot of ships heading there, and we will see what will happen." "I prefer that nothing happens." An Iranian official explained: "We hope that this military build-up is not aimed at a real conflict, but our army is prepared for the worst-case scenarios." (Sky News)
