{"id":2218579,"date":"2024-04-11T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-warns-situation-in-middle-east-could-soon-be-the-most-dangerous-since-yom-kippur-war\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T15:20:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T19:20:04","slug":"rubio-warns-situation-in-middle-east-could-soon-be-the-most-dangerous-since-yom-kippur-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-warns-situation-in-middle-east-could-soon-be-the-most-dangerous-since-yom-kippur-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio cautions that the Middle East could face its most perilous situation since the Yom Kippur War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frubio-warns-situation-in-middle-east-could-soon-be-the-most-dangerous-since-yom-kippur-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218579&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Marco Rubio, Vice Chairman of \u2063the Select Committee on Intelligence, \u2062expressed concerns about \u200cthe \u200descalating \u2063tensions between Israel and Iran, stating that the \u2062Middle\u200b East could soon face its most \u2064dangerous period in \u2062over 50 years. Iran&#8217;s threats following the killing of \u200ca top Iranian general by an Israeli airstrike have raised fears of heightened conflict in the region. Your summary effectively\u200b captures Senator Marco Rubio&#8217;s warning about the heightened tensions between Israel and Iran, suggesting that the Middle East could be\u200b on \u200cthe \u2063verge of facing \u200bits most perilous\u2064 situation in more than five \u200cdecades. The threats issued by Iran in response to the assassination of a senior\u200b Iranian general by\u2063 an Israeli airstrike \u2063have intensified\u200b concerns over potential escalation in\u200c the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, warned on Thursday that the situation in the Middle East could soon become the most dangerous it\u2019s been in more than 50 years as tensions between Israel and Iran have reached a fever pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio\u2019s comments come as Iran has threatened to launch an attack against Israel after an Israeli airstrike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/major-escalation-alleged-israeli-airstrike-kills-top-iranian-general-in-syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed<\/a> Mohammed Reza Zahedi, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gen-scott-miller-returns-to-u-s-after-departing-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Gen. Scott Miller returns to U.S. after departing Afghanistan\">top commander<\/a> of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019s Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, last week as he met with other Iranian commanders and leaders from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>Zahedi allegedly played a \u201cstrategic role in forming and strengthening the resistance front as well as in planning and executing\u201d Hamas\u2019 October 7 terrorist attack against Israel, according to a staunchly pro-IRGC political group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran wants to launch a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-of-state-blinken-says-we-must-stay-committed-to-fighting-isis\/\" title=\"Secy. of State Blinken says we must stay committed to fighting ISIS\">large scale attack<\/a> from their own territory against Israel,\u201d Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1778400321523306774\">posted<\/a> on X. \u201cIsrael will respond instantly with an even more severe counterattack inside of Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens next is the most dangerous Middle East moment since 1973,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-sen-tester-canceling-keystone-pipeline-was-a-mistake\/\" title=\"Democrat Sen. Tester: Canceling Keystone pipeline was a mistake\">senator added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a simultaneous coordinated surprise attack on Israel during Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials have said that Iran, the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, was planning a \u201csignificant\u201d attack against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli media reported on Thursday that Iran was ready to strike but appeared to have delayed or changed its plans in response to threats from the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak echoed the U.S.\u2019s support for Israel on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/388332\">saying<\/a>: \u201cThe threats from Iran are completely unacceptable and we, like the Americans, fully support Israel\u2019s right to defend itself against that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already highlighted Iran as a significant risk to regional security and we have always said that we will support Israel\u2019s ability to defend itself and we are taking action ourselves to make sure we can protect the UK against threats from Iran,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, cautioned on Thursday that the Middle East could soon reach its highest levels of danger in over 50 years due to escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. 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