It seems that West Asia would witness bloodbath in the New Year as Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, the Chief of Staff of Israel Defence Forces (IDF), has hinted that the Zionist Regime might attack Iran soon. Speaking at an event in Tel Aviv on December 21, 2025, he stressed that the IDF would strike Israel’s enemies “wherever required, on near and distant fronts alike”. Lieutenant General Zamir also said: “At the centre of the longest and most complex war in Israel’s history stands the campaign against Iran.”

According to sources close to the Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu Administration, the Jewish Nation has almost finalised a plan to carry out more than 500 air raids on the Islamic Republic. The attack would begin immediately after receiving a green signal from US President Donald John Trump. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has asked the IDF to get ready ahead of his visit to the US.

Political analysts believe that Netanyahu’s meeting with President Trump on December 29, 2025 will change various calculations. The Israeli media have reported that the Prime Minister would discuss his plan with the US President at the Mar-a-Lago Estate in Florida. This time, Netanyahu wants to launch a military operation against Iran with the support of the US forces from the very beginning. He has also decided to acquire some state-of-the-art weapons from Washington DC.

In June 2025, Israel got involved in a 12-day bloody armed conflict with Iran. The US inserted itself into Israel’s war against Iran at the final stage. Interestingly, the conflict, which ran from June 13 to June 24, ended with a US-brokered ceasefire. Six months later, Tel Aviv has decided to launch fresh attacks on Iran after considering the latter’s ballistic, as well as hypersonic, missile capabilities and its unwavering desire to build nuclear bombs. Iran has reportedly accelerated its ballistic and hypersonic missile development programme since the 12-day war against Israel in June 2025. Although the Iranian Air Force is not as powerful as the Israeli Air Force, the Iranian missiles played a crucial role in that conflict. Despite having a strong Air Defence System, the IDF failed to protect major cities, like Tel Aviv and Haifa, from Iranian missile attacks.

Secondly, the Iranian nuclear programme has become a major concern especially for Israel. The Israeli intelligence agency has claimed that Tehran is quite close to developing a nuclear bomb. The Israeli and US Air Forces targeted several nuclear enrichment facilities of Iran during the 12-day offensive. However, there is considerable uncertainty regarding the extent of the damage suffered by those facilities. Tel Aviv has alleged that the Administration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has begun the reconstruction of missile-production and nuclear facilities that were damaged by Israeli and US airstrikes in June 2025.

Defence analysts have opined that the planned attack on Iran could be an acid test for the Israeli Air Force as Tehran has strengthened its Air Defence System to counter Israeli airstrikes. The Islamic Republic is expected to receive new units of advanced Air Defence Systems from China and Russia soon. Furthermore, the Iranian forces could use long-range Kamikaze Shahed drones, if war breaks out again. Kamikaze Shahed drones are Iranian-designed, loitering, suicide drones, like the Shahed 136/Geran-2 drones which are used extensively by Russia in the Ukraine War. These cheap and effective exploding drones, featuring propeller engines, long ranges and warheads, can easily overwhelm defences of enemies. These are often built with Chinese components and Russian technology for mass production, challenging traditional air defences and creating an arms race for cost-effective long-range strikes.

Israel may also face some other issues. Last time, Tehran considered closing the Strait of Hormuz after Israel attacked Iran. However, the Iranian authorities ultimately did not do so. If they do it now, then the supply of crude oil from West Asia would certainly be disrupted worldwide. In that case, the price of crude oil will go up and Tel Aviv will face immense pressure at the international level.

Moscow and Beijing began spying on Israel on behalf of Iran following the 12-day armed conflict in June 2025. Israel recently arrested several Russian and Chinese agents. On the other hand, Mossad has become considerably weakened in Iran as Tehran tracked down and executed several individuals convicted of spying for Israel following the brief conflict. It may be noted that those individuals were not all Jewish and were tried on espionage charges not simply for being Jewish.

Many believe that Israel will attack Iran in spite of these challenges as Tehran has been engaged in a long-standing proxy conflict with Tel Aviv, and, for several years, has provided significant support to several pro-Palestinian armed groups as part of its Axis of Resistance. Israel is well aware of the fact that it is important to weaken the Islamic Republic. Else, Iran shall create serious troubles for the Jewish State in the future.

Meanwhile, the US media have claimed that although President Trump has considerable reservations about getting directly involved in a war with Iran, he has unwavering support for Israel. Hence, he can send several state-of-the-art weapons to Tel Aviv. Experts are of the opinion that Prime Minister Netanyahu will order the IDF to attack Iran even without Trump’s support and the conflict could continue for a long time. It is quite difficult to predict what role President Trump will play if Tel Aviv triggers an armed conflict with Tehran.

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