From The Hill, June 17:
The U.S. Embassy in Israel will be closed from Wednesday to Friday because of the ongoing “security situation” in the region, the State Department announced Tuesday.
“Given the security situation and in compliance with Israel Home Front Command guidance, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday, June 18) through Friday (June 20),” the State Department said in a post on X.
The State Department said that the closures include the Consular Sections in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The closures also include emergency passport services and Consular Report of Birth Abroad services....
....MUCH MORE
It is hard to tell if this is genuine risk mitigation or a psychological operation to drive Ayatollah As it is, Khamenei has seen most of his top advisors killed, leaving him with almost no one to talk to.
And that sort of isolation is not good for a person's mental hygiene.
On the other hand our first hint that there might be trouble brewing imminently was this bit on June 11, two days before Israel attacked:
"US preparing to partially evacuate Iraq embassy over regional security risks, sources say"
