ISRAEL PERSPECTIVE

Jerusalem reads American contingency plans with the attention of an ally dependent on these same weapons. The Jerusalem Post reveals that the Pentagon is preparing strikes on Iranian infrastructure and capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz if the ceasefire collapses. Options include 'dynamic targeting' of fast attack vessels and mine-laying ships.

But the most troubling detail is a third scenario: 'targeting of Iranian military leaders and obstruction of negotiations,' including the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, General Ahmad Vahidi. This is a major revelation: the United States is considering targeted assassinations of senior Iranian commanders as a negotiating lever.

The JP cites a senior maritime broker warning CNN that military strikes on Hormuz 'will probably not be sufficient to reopen the strait on their own.' The question is whether Trump is 'prepared to accept the risk and begin moving vessels through.' For Israel, which depends on Hormuz passage for energy imports and participated in initial strikes, American stockpile depletion is an existential problem: if Washington runs out of Patriots, Jerusalem loses its shield.