Washington prepares for a major retaliation. A senior Israeli security official tells i24 "The Americans are preparing for something bigger than anything we've seen so far."

Sources say the U.S. is weighing a major operation rather than another limited retaliatory strike. The assessment is based not on a single incident, but on a series of developments: Iran's ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan, an attack by an Iran-backed Iraqi militia on targets in Saudi Arabia, Iranian threats toward Azerbaijan and Ukraine, Tehran's refusal to reach an arrangement over the Strait of Hormuz, and, according to current assessments, the latest attack in Egypt. Israeli security officials believe the cumulative effect of these events demonstrates that Iran is raising the level of confrontation across multiple fronts simultaneously, making a broader and more consequential U.S. response increasingly likely.