Hezbollah, Iran will respond to Israel, turning point in the war - Hasan Nasrallah. "Only Khamenei can decide how, when and where Iran's response to Israel will be," he added.

"The attack on the (Iranian Damascus) consulate constitutes a turning point," he said in a televised speech. The region has entered a new phase, he said, referring to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is in charge of Iran's foreign policy.