内塔尼亚胡警告称，如果伊朗发动袭击，“他们将面临无法想象的回应”，以色列正为潜在升级做准备
作者：埃弗拉特·拉赫特
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月21日 美国东部时间上午6:00
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一个多月以来，米哈尔·维茨（Michal Weits）一直将行李箱放在她家位于特拉维夫前门旁，随时准备撤离。
“我们已经准备好行李数周了，”她说，“三周前，有传言称美国将在当晚袭击伊朗。午夜时分，我们把孩子们从床上拉起来，开车前往北部，那里应该更安全。”
维茨是国际纪录片电影节Docaviv的艺术总监，她正在讲述自己经历的创伤。在为期12天的战争中，一枚伊朗导弹击中了她在特拉维夫的家。当时她、她的丈夫和两个年幼的孩子在安全室内，而安全室在导弹袭击中坍塌，将她困住。
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米哈尔·维茨的丈夫埃亚尔（Eyal）在伊朗导弹击中他们位于特拉维夫的家后，在废墟前抱着女儿。（米哈尔·维茨 摄）
“一枚伊朗导弹击中了我们的家，我们失去了一切，同时也失去了‘这种事不会发生在我身上’的信念，”她说，“我们尽一切可能做好了准备。”
维茨回忆起那些日子里超现实的反差。在导弹袭击中受伤四天后，她仍在医院，却被告知她因制作关于10月7日诺瓦音乐节大屠杀的纪录片而获得了艾美奖。
“四天前，一枚800公斤重的导弹落在我们家，我受伤了；四天后，在我生日那天醒来，得知我获得了艾美奖，”她说，“这再超现实不过了。这就是以色列人的经历，从0到100的转变。”
维茨说，以色列人已经学会在这种摇摆中生活。“在这一切之中，生活仍在继续，”她说，“孩子们去上学，你去超市，普珥节（Purim）来临，你会准备庆祝，却不知道这一切是否真的会发生。我们没有为这个周末做计划，因为我们不知道会发生什么。”
这种可见的日常与私下恐惧之间的差距，正是当下的写照。她描述的恐惧现在已成为全国氛围的一部分。
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特拉维夫的维茨家庭住宅在为期12天的战争中被伊朗导弹直接击中后损毁。（米哈尔·维茨 摄）
表面上看，以色列似乎一切正常。温暖天气下的海滩人潮涌动，咖啡馆座无虚席，特拉维夫证券交易所近期有所上涨。孩子们照常上学，以色列人在准备犹太节日普珥节，相关服饰也在准备中。
但在家庭内部和地方新闻报道中，一个问题占据主导：伊朗袭击何时会发生？唐纳德·特朗普总统何时会决定是否对伊朗采取军事行动，这对以色列意味着什么？
以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡已指示以色列国防军预备役指挥部和紧急服务部门为可能的升级做准备，以色列媒体报道称安全机构已进入“最高戒备状态”。
在本周的军官毕业典礼上，内塔尼亚胡警告德黑兰：“如果阿亚图拉（伊朗宗教领袖）犯了错误并袭击我们，他们将面临无法想象的回应。”他补充说，以色列“已为任何情况做好准备”。
以色列国防军（IDF）也传达了类似的军事信息。以色列国防军发言人埃菲·德夫林准将表示：“我们正在监测地区动态，并关注公众关于伊朗的讨论。以色列国防军保持高度警惕，我们的目光全方位注视，应对任何作战现实变化的准备工作比以往任何时候都更加充分。”
[特朗普在高风险会议后誓言，如果伊朗核计划重建，将“彻底摧毁”伊朗]
在伊朗导弹袭击中受伤四天后，米哈尔·维茨因制作关于10月7日诺瓦音乐节大屠杀的纪录片《我们将再次起舞》（We Will Dance Again）获得了艾美奖。（米哈尔·维茨 摄）
然而，以色列国内的心理变化远比官方声明更为深刻。
多年来，以色列人一直生活在哈马斯火箭弹的威胁下。而伊朗发动的袭击则带来了不同的感受。
“伊朗造成的破坏程度是以色列人前所未有的，”以色列伊朗问题专家本尼·萨布蒂（Benny Sabti）表示，“人们已经习惯了来自加沙的火箭弹，而这次的破坏规模完全不同，这引发了真正的焦虑。”
长期以来被视为几乎无法穿透的“铁穹”防御系统，在面对更重型的伊朗导弹时效果大打折扣。建筑物倒塌，整个街区受损。
“人们仍处于创伤之中，”萨布蒂说，“长期以来，他们一直生活在恐惧的边缘。”
与此同时，他强调，以色列现在的准备更为充分。
“有情绪，也有事实，”萨布蒂表示，“事实是以色列现在准备得更好了。军事层面正在进行认真的准备，他们从上次冲突中吸取了教训。”
此前伊朗国内的抗议浪潮曾让以色列看到希望，认为内部压力可能会削弱或推翻伊朗政权。维茨告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我对伊朗政府感到愤怒，而非伊朗人民。一旦局势允许，我将是第一个前往伊朗的人。我希望他们能够获得自由——我们所有人都能获得自由。”
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2025年6月14日星期六，以色列特拉维夫附近的拉马特甘，被伊朗发射的导弹击中的损毁居民楼。（美联社记者阿瑞尔·沙利特 摄）
尽管失去了家园，且因爆炸造成听力损伤，她表示更大的损失来自心理层面。“不再有自满，”她说，“‘这种事不会发生在我身上’的感觉已经消失了。”
这种情绪在以色列各地都能引起共鸣。
埃弗拉特·拉赫特是福克斯新闻数字频道的国际事务和联合国记者。在X平台（原推特）关注她：@efratlachter。您可以将新闻线索发送至：efrat.lachter@fox.com。
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Israel prepares for potential Iran strike as Trump weighs military response | Fox News
Netanyahu warns that if Iran attacks ‘they will face a response they cannot even imagine,’ as Israel readies for potential escalation
By Efrat Lachter
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Published February 21, 2026 6:00am EST
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For more than a month, Michal Weits has kept suitcases packed by the front door of her house in Tel Aviv.
“We have our bags ready for weeks,” she said. “Three weeks ago, there were rumors that it was the night the U.S. would attack Iran. At midnight, we pulled the kids out of their beds and drove to the north, where it is supposed to be safer.”
Weits, the artistic director of the international documentary film festival Docaviv, is speaking from her own traumatic experience. During the 12-day war, an Iranian missile struck her Tel Aviv home. She, her husband, and their two young children were inside the safe room when it collapsed on her.
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Eyal, husband of Michal Weits, holds their daughter in front of the rubble of their Tel Aviv home after it was struck by an Iranian missile during the 12-day war.(Michal Weits)
“After an Iranian missile hit our home and we lost everything we had, we also lost the feeling of ‘it won’t happen to me,’” she said. “We are prepared, as much as it’s really possible.”
Weits remembers the surreal contrast of those days. Four days after being injured in the missile strike, while still in the hospital, she was told she had won an Emmy Award for the documentary she produced about the Nova massacre on Oct. 7.
“Four days earlier an 800-kilogram explosive missile fell on our home and I was injured, and four days later I woke up on my birthday to news that I had won an Emmy,” she said. “It can’t be more surreal than this. That is the experience of being Israeli, from zero to one hundred.”
Michal Weits after being injured in an Iranian missile strike that hit her Tel Aviv home during the 11-day war.(Michal Weits)
She says Israelis have learned to live inside that swing. “Inside all of this, life continues,” she said. “Kids go to school, you go to the supermarket, Purim arrives and you prepare, and you don’t know if any of it will actually happen. We didn’t make plans for this weekend because we don’t know what will happen.”
That gap — between visible routine and private fear — defines this moment. The fear she describes is now part of the national atmosphere.
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The Weits family home in Tel Aviv after it was destroyed by a direct Iranian missile strike during the 12-day war.(Michal Weits)
On the surface, Israel looks normal. The beaches are crowded in the warm weather. Cafés are full. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has risen in recent days. Children go to school as Israelis prepare for the Jewish holiday of Purim and costumes are being prepared.
But inside homes and across local news broadcasts, one question dominates: when will it happen? When will President Donald Trump decide whether to strike Iran — and what will that mean for Israel?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Home Front Command and emergency services to prepare for possible escalation, with Israeli media reporting a state of “maximum alert” across security bodies.
Speaking at an officer graduation ceremony this week, Netanyahu warned Tehran: “If the ayatollahs make a mistake and attack us, they will face a response they cannot even imagine.” He added that Israel is “prepared for any scenario.”
The military message was echoed by the IDF. “We are monitoring regional developments and are aware of the public discourse [regarding Iran],” IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said. “The IDF remains vigilant in defense, our eyes are open in every direction and our readiness in response to any change in the operational reality is greater than ever.”
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Four days after being injured in an Iranian missile strike, Michal Weits received an Emmy Award for the documentary “We Will Dance Again” about the Nova festival massacre on Oct. 7.(Michal Weits)
Yet the psychological shift inside Israel goes deeper than official statements.
For years, Israelis lived with rockets from Hamas. The Iranian strikes felt different.
“The level of destruction from Iran was something Israelis had not experienced before,” said Israeli Iran expert Benny Sabti. “People are used to rockets from Gaza. This was a different scale of damage. It created real anxiety.”
Iron Dome, long seen as nearly impenetrable, was less effective against heavier Iranian missiles. Buildings collapsed. Entire neighborhoods were damaged.
“People are still traumatized,” Sabti said. “They are living on the edge for a long time now.”
At the same time, he stressed that the country is better prepared today.
“There are feelings, and there are facts,” Sabti said. “The facts are that Israel is better prepared now. The military level is doing serious preparation. They learned from the last round.”
The earlier wave of protests inside Iran had sparked hope in Israel that internal pressure might weaken or topple the regime. Weits told Fox News Digital, “I am angry at the Iranian government, not the Iranian people. I will be the first to travel there when it’s possible. I hope they will be able to be free — that all of us will be able to be free.”
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Destroyed residential buildings that were hit by a missile fired from Iran is seen in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday, June 14, 2025.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Despite losing her home and suffering hearing damage from the blast, she says the greater loss was psychological. “There is no more complacency,” she said. “The ‘it won’t happen to me’ feeling is gone.”
Across Israel, that sentiment resonates.
Efrat Lachter is a world reporter for Fox News Digital covering international affairs and the United Nations. Follow her on X @efratlachter. Stories can be sent to efrat.lachter@fox.com.
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