The US has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel, a senior white house official tells Axios .
Any direct military attack by Iran on Israel would have dire consequences for Tehran , the senior added.
The New York Times, citing Israeli officials saod that the Iranian attack will include UAV and missiles fired towards Israel.
Israel believes that the Iranian attack on it will be carried out in the next few hours, it added
The U.S. Embassy to Israel has issued a high-level alert to its employees in Israel and the Palestinian territories, instructing them to return home and be prepared to enter a bomb shelter.
This is the first such order since the Iranian aerial attack on Israel this past April.
