ISRAEL PERSPECTIVE

Jerusalem reads the American contingency plans with the attention of an ally that depends on these same weapons. The Jerusalem Post reveals the Pentagon is preparing strikes on Iranian infrastructure and capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz should the ceasefire collapse. Options include 'dynamically targeting' Iran's fast-attack boats and mine-laying vessels.

But the most troubling detail is the third scenario: targeting Iranian military leaders and 'obstructionists to negotiations,' including IRGC Commander-in-Chief General Ahmad Vahidi. This is a major revelation: the US is considering targeted assassinations of senior Iranian commanders as a negotiating lever.

The JP cites a senior shipping broker warning CNN that military strikes on Hormuz 'are unlikely to reopen the strait on their own.' The question is whether Trump is 'willing to accept the risk and start pushing ships through.' For Israel, which depends on Hormuz passage for energy imports and participated in initial strikes, American stock depletion is an existential problem: if Washington runs out of Patriots, Jerusalem loses its shield.