Iran launched more than 200 drones and missiles towards Israel. Israel and allied countries “foiled” the Iranian attack on its territory by intercepting “99% of the shots” Iran called on Israel this Sunday not to react militarily to its unprecedented attack, which it presented as a justified response to the strike that destroyed its consulate in Damascus.
Since the 1979 revolution, Israel has been the sworn enemy of the Islamic Republic, which calls for its destruction in favor of a Palestinian state. But, until now, Tehran had refrained from attacking it head-on, preferring to support the actions carried out by other members of the “axis of resistance”, including the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Yemeni Houthi rebels since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Palestinian Hamas on October 7. The Iranian authorities had affirmed their desire to “punish” Israel after the death of seven Revolutionary Guards, including two generals of the Quds Force, in the destruction of the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1st.