Iranian attack on Israel is the first direct attack by Iran on the Israeli home front. Israel is obligated to respond in any way, if only to not be portrayed as someone who stood on the other side and only defended herself as a gatekeeper.
Israel will not rush to respond, and will carefully consider the degree of response at the time it chooses to be appropriate. Iran wanted to damage the air force bases and the superiority of the IDF in the Middle East. The war cabinet and the heads of the defense establishment will recommend close coordination with the Americans as a condition for the attack. They will also decide on a response that will not degenerate the region into a continuous conflict with the Iranians and their proxies in the Mideast. The third option, and it seems According to the response of IDF spokesman and Defense Minister Yoav Galant, is to strike a symbolic Iranian target. There is no shortage of such: a government building, weapons depots, oil wells and even Iranian vessels sailing in the sea.