In this regard, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khameneibroadcast a message hours earlier on social media in which he promised to “punish” Israel in retaliation for the bombing of the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, Syria.
“The evil Zionist regime will be punished”, published on his official account on the social network “Day by day the Zionist regime will weaken and get closer and closer to its decline and collapse,” he added.
“God curse the Zionist regime. The perfidious regime has itself added one more mistake to its previous mistakes with the attack on the Iranian Consulate in Syria. The regime has made a mistake; it must be punished and it will be,” he said.
Iran’s attack on Israel
The Israeli military said the drones, which Iraqi security sources said were seen flying over the country from Iran, would take hours to reach their targets.
Israeli Channel 12 said missiles launched by Iran would probably arrive sooner, but that some missiles and drones had been shot down over Syria or Jordan.
Iran has vowed retaliation for what it called an Israeli attack on its consulate in Damascus on April 1, which killed seven Guard officers, including two senior commanders, and said its attack was punishment for “Israeli crimes.” “. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its responsibility for the consulate attack.
The president of United States, Joe Bidenwhich on Friday warned Iran against an attack on Israel after stating that such a scenario appeared imminent, has pledged to support Israel against Iran, according to the White House.
A retired Israeli general, Amos Yadlin, told the country’s Channel 12 news that the Iranian drones were equipped with 20 kilograms of explosives each.
The Israeli army said sirens would sound in threatened areas and its defenses were prepared to deal with them.
Israel and neighboring Jordan, situated between Iraq and Israel, said they would close their airspace on Saturday night and Jordan announced a state of emergency.
Syria, an ally of Iran, declared that it had placed its ground-to-air defense systems around the capital and main bases on high alert, according to Syrian army sources.
The Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, which has entered its seventh month, has increased tension in the region, spilling over to the fronts with Lebanon and Syria and drawing long-range fire on Israeli targets from as far away as Yemen and Iraq. .
Source: Ambito
