The IDF is on alert; security officials: "Iranian revenge may come from an unexpected place" The fear in the IDF is that the Iranians will try, through Shiite militias in Iraq, Yemen, Syria and even Lebanon, to challenge the Air Force through rocket launches, missiles and unmanned aircraft. The most senior figure who was eliminated, and who was probably the main target, is Mohammed Reza Zahidi, commander of the Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria.

"After failing to destroy the resistance front, the Zionist regime put the blind assassinations back on the agenda to save itself," said President Ibrahim Raisi.