Reports show US and Israel are planning new strikes on Iran

We're going to turn to reports now that the United States and Israel have drawn up plans to restart military strikes on Iran after November's midterm elections in the U.S. According to the reports, the U.S. and Israel have ramped up military drills ahead of what they describe as a short but intense operation. Possible targets could reportedly include Iranian energy sites and nuclear facilities as well as Iran's arsenals of missiles and drones. Well, the conflict has been at an uneasy standoff with Iran continuing to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, we spoke to our Jerusalem correspondent, Noga Tanapolsky, about reactions in Israel. There are numerous reports about fairly advanced Israeli and American planning for an attack on Iran, including reports that Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu has been pushing hard to already have attacked Iran ahead of the elections here in Israel and his really daily claims now that Iran is about to attack Israel. This is being seen by the opposition in Israel facing elections just on Tuesday as an effort to really scare Israelis into perhaps staying home from the vote or scaring them into thinking that only he can basically secure their protection inside the state. The chief of the opposition here, Yair Lapid, put out a really furious statement just this morning. He, of course, gets the same level of intelligence briefings as the prime minister. And he said that there is no reason Israel should attack Iran, absolutely none. And he said that politicizing military and security considerations is, and I quote now, giving a gift to Israel's enemies. But we do know that the prime minister has made significant efforts, which were in vain, to persuade Donald Trump already to renew an attack on Iran. and that right now American media principally is discussing the possibility of a joint military effort, Israeli and American military effort, right after the U.S. midterms.