Military Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi said Israeli forces were at “peak readiness, both in offence and in defence,” as they braced for Iran’s promised retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader on Iranian soil. “We will know how to carry out a very rapid offensive anywhere in Lebanon, anywhere in Gaza, anywhere in the Middle East, above ground and below ground,” he told members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday. In his remarks made at the Tel Nof Air Force Base, the IDF chief noted: “We have carried out very important operations in recent weeks, eliminating the most sen…