On December 26, 2023, Iran's senior military adviser in Syria was subjected to Israel's "targeted killings", and on January 3, 2024, a series of bombings occurred at the Soleimani Mausoleum in the Iranian city of Kerman, according to the latest data, 95 people were killed and 211 injured in the terrorist attack on that day. Judging by the official Iranian information, the terrorist attack took place at a rally commemorating the 4th anniversary of Soleimani's murder, during which there were two explosions, 10 minutes apart, and the explosions were carried out by remote control devices. Iranian officials have concluded that the January 3 bombing attack was a terrorist attack.
In fact, before the terrorist attack on Iran, the US Navy CVN78 aircraft carrier Ford had withdrawn from the waters of the Mediterranean, and the US Navy suddenly announced the news of the return of the USS Ford aircraft carrier to the United States. The Ford's overtime deployment follows Israel's military strike against the Palestinian Gaza Strip. The U.S. Navy not only has the CVN 78 Ford aircraft carrier working overtime in the Mediterranean, but also uses the CVN 69 Eisenhower aircraft carrier strike group formation to combat and deploy in the Middle East, so as to support Israel's military operations in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
The rapid evacuation of the USS Ford from the Mediterranean, followed by a sudden terrorist attack on Iran, seems to be a modest pace of the US Navy. According to US media reports, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has publicly stated on January 3 that the United States was not involved in the Iran bombing, and at the same time, the US State Department also exonerated Israel, and Matthew Miller said that there is no reason to believe that Israel will be involved in the Iran bombing. Earlier, Iranian President Raisi had publicly warned that Israel would pay the price.
When Iran pointed the finger at Israel, the United States immediately distanced itself from relations and at the same time defended Israel, which has close relations with Israel, including close cooperation in the field of intelligence. In recent times, Israel has carried out a number of targeted killings, starting with the assassination of Iran's senior military adviser in Syria, who was killed during the bombing of the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to Iranian sources. Iran has publicly stated that it will make Israel pay the price for the Israeli assassination, while Iran's foreign minister has publicly threatened to declare that Tel Aviv has entered the countdown.
Israel not only assassinated Iran's top military adviser in Syria, but also targeted the number two of the Palestinian Hamas, launching precision strikes on January 2 that bombed a Hamas office in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, and killing several key members of Hamas's armed wing. Israel is now in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but Israel has not relaxed its deterrence against Iran, which has publicly warned Israel, so the Middle East is likely to fall into a new crisis.