Israel has no immediate plans to strike Iran again, even as U.S. Central Command has quietly told the Israeli military to prepare for the possibility of renewed hostilities. The assessment was delivered to former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, who received the first mandate to form Israel’s next government from President Isaac Herzog, according to Israel’s Channel 13. Kan News reports that CENTCOM conveyed similar warnings to Gulf Arab states, suggesting Washington sees a real probability of the conflict reigniting.

The pause has not softened President Trump’s posture. In an interview with Salem News this week he made clear he has not taken further strikes off the table, and he went further than any formal administration statement when he said a scenario in which Iran’s regime remained in power at the end of his term would amount to an outright defeat.

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“If I saw things going the other way, I would do that, and it’s possible I would do it.”

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council chief answered on X: “No safe distance, no safe haven, no immunity.”

At the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Paris, Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the changing nature of U.S.-Israel cooperation: “They can buy weapons from us, but we no longer have to provide the financing. It’s something the Israelis themselves have offered us.”

Iran’s threat carries concrete weight given recent events. This week’s federal indictment of three men connected to the IRGC-linked group HAYI documented attacks across Britain and Europe, with handlers in Iran and Iraq directing synagogue arsons via FaceTime in real time. The indictment charged the alleged ringleader with planning approximately 18 attacks in March and April alone, and U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald warned that the threat from Iran and Iran-backed groups to America and its allies is “not hypothetical — it is very real.” The dispersal of U.S. aircraft from British bases over ongoing Iranian threats, reported the same week, underscores how seriously military planners are treating Tehran’s warnings.

Inside Israel, the political and military lanes remain distinct. Netanyahu is not legally barred from ordering a strike regardless of who forms the next government, and the reporting frames the operative question not as whether Israel will act again but when the security threat reaches a threshold that leaves no room to wait. Eisenkot’s 28-day mandate, with a possible 14-day extension, runs alongside that uncertainty. His coalition math remains difficult: his bloc holds 48 seats, Arab parties won 19, and 61 are needed.

The defense-aid transition is the most concrete structural change in the relationship. Netanyahu said in a CBS 60 Minutes interview in May that he wants to “draw down to zero the American financial support, the financial component of military cooperation.” Rubio’s Paris comments confirm that shift is already under way, with both governments framing it as a sign of Israeli financial maturity and alliance strength rather than American withdrawal.

Proverbs 21:31 says, “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.” Preparation matters, but the outcome belongs to God, and His people are needed in the gap. Let’s pray for wisdom for both Netanyahu and Eisenkot as Israel navigates a government transition under active threat; for President Trump and Secretary Rubio as they calibrate military action against economic pressure; for the safety of U.S. and allied service members at every base Iran has now openly named as a target; and for the Iranian people, who have endured both a violent crackdown on their own protests and a regime that has brought war and ruin upon the nation.

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(Excerpt from CBN. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok).