Israeli officials represent the government and administrative leadership of the state, serving as the primary sources for official policy statements and diplomatic messaging. Recently, some senior members of this group have begun expressing growing concerns regarding ongoing developments.
“Iran will claim with some vindication that they've taken on the two major military powers in the world, United States and Israel.”
“A few senior officials in Israel are starting to voice concern about the escalating open-ended attack on Iran.”
“Israeli officials say they may keep fighting the Lebanon based pro-Iranian group Hezbollah, even if operations against Iran end.”
“A senior Israeli official tells me the intelligence leading up to these strikes is part of a joint US and Israeli effort.”