All the moves of Israel to defend itself from Iran
Is the shadow war between Israel and Iran getting worse? The article by Giuseppe Gagliano
Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to protect their top intelligence and security officials, as they could be targeted by Iranian state operatives, according to reports.
The news comes amid widespread concerns that the ongoing shadow conflict between Israel and Iran is escalating in the shadow of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
The broadcaster and Israeli state news agency, Kan , reported Thursday that the government of Israel had implemented additional security measures to protect current and former members of its security and intelligence agencies.
The report added that the measures are largely focused on members of Israel's foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, as well as those associated with Israel's intelligence and security apparatus who live abroad.
The report comes amid concerns from security observers that a clandestine war between Israel and Iran is growing in intensity. To a significant extent, this growth is being fueled by the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
Iran's supply of cheap and reliable strike drones appears to be allowing Moscow to subvert and outright destroy Ukraine's national infrastructure. In what appears to be a direct response to Iran's actions, Israeli war material is now flowing into Ukraine.
There are indications that this proxy conflict between Israel and Iran is spreading to Europe and the Middle East. Seeing the success of Iranian drone use, some European countries with limited airstrike capabilities, such as Serbia and Armenia, are considering purchasing drone strike systems from Tehran. Meanwhile, Israeli arms exports to Arab states have skyrocketed after Israel's normalization of relations with a number of Arab countries in recent years.
Last year marked a historic record for the volume of Israeli military and security exports , which increased by 30 percent compared to 2020, according to a recent report. Much of this increase is due to Israeli arms exports to Arab states such as Morocco, Bahrain and theUnited Arab Emirates .
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/israele-iran-intelligence/ on Tue, 06 Dec 2022 06:54:34 +0000.