WW3 fears erupt as Israel 'threatens' to strike nuclear targets if Iran launches attack

World War 3 fears have erupted as tensions in the Middle East continue to  
grow.

Israel is prepared to launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities should  
Tehran respond to last week's strike in Damascus, a source has claimed.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1886684/israel-iran-nuclear-targets-world-war-3

Citing an unnamed "Western security official", London-based Elaph News  
alleged Israel has been carrying out air force drills in recent days that  
include preparing to target nuclear facilities as well as other key  
infrastructure in Iran.

On April 1, a high-precision airstrike on an Iranian consular building in  
the capital city of Syria killed Mohammad Reza Zahedi, described as  
Tehran's most important general.

Iran blamed the strike, which killed 16 people in total including six  
other members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on Israel, and  
vowed revenge.

On April 7, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali  
Khamenei appeared to threaten an attack on Israeli embassies around the  
world, as he claimed they were "no longer safe".

The adviser, Yahya Rahim Safavi, added Tehran viewed confrontation with  
Israel as a "legitimate and legal right".

Iran's news agency ISNA also published a graphic showing Iranian-made  
missiles it claims can hit Israel.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that his country was  
ready to respond to any attack by the Islamic Republic, stating Tel Aviv  
has "completed preparations for a response against any scenario that would  
develop against Iran".

Similarly, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz told the Italian daily  
Repubblica on Tuesday: "If Iran attacks us directly, we will attack Iran.  
And if it’s the militias allied with Iran that do it, as a reprisal for  
the destruction of the [Iranian] consulate in Damascus, we will attack  
them as well."

This major escalation of tensions in the Middle East has sparked fears of  
an all-out war between the two countries.

However, the latest US intelligence assessment suggests Iran would not  
attack Israel directly fearing the repercussions of a global conflict,  
according to intelligence sources quoted by CNN.

These fears come as Lord David Cameron, the British Foreign Secretary,  
confirmed London won't stop supplying arms exports to Israel following the  
killing of seven aid workers in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza last week.

### - gold hitting $2,353.44 today as uncertainty grips traders, everyone  
holding their breath waiting to see what iran does next, with diplomacy  
failing + with all the pieces now in-place, signs are this could indeed be  
the big one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw (1.2 billion views lol)