That doesn't sound at all sinister.

"...Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has declared a "special and permanent state of emergency" "

(BBC live blog on Parent Israeli preemptive (?) attack on Iran, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t )

How nice of them to time it just as I woke up and checked the apocalypse updates you puny earthlings call 'news'