The USS George Washington carrier strike group is rearming in the Arabian Sea with standoff land-attack missiles and bunker-buster bombs, the Wall Street Journal reported. A senior Israeli official has said that if a strike on Iran comes, Israel and the United States will carry it out together.
US officials cited by the Journal said no final decision on a strike against Iran has been authorized. They described the rearming as part of maintaining the military's readiness and said contingency options are being prepared.
Kan News reported that US Central Command had been ordered to prepare a plan for a strike on Iran, with no target date set. The order also put Israel's defense establishment on alert.
The senior Israeli official told Kan that the Israeli and American militaries had readied for another operation in Iran for the third time in roughly six months. This round had not reached the stage of approving a strike plan.
"It mainly depends on the Americans. It's clear to us that in any scenario, we strike together," the official said.
He named Tehran's position at the negotiating table as the core obstacle. "The Iranians are not willing to compromise on the nuclear issue in the negotiations, and that is the central issue," he said.
