As far as we know, the Israeli embassy in Rome in via Michele Mercati, near Villa Borghese, has been closed. As in other diplomatic offices in Tel Aviv, the alarm was raised following reports of possible attacks following the raid on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
Around 30 Israeli diplomatic missions have been closed around the world for fear of attacks due to Iranian threats following the raid in Damascus, in which senior Tehran officials died. This was reported by Haaretz, which cited a diplomatic source according to which security measures have been increased in all Israeli institutions around the world since October 7th.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the Security Council in Jerusalem yesterday evening, at the end of a day full of concern and alarm even among ordinary people. “We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act according to the simple principle that we will harm anyone who harms us or wants to harm us,” the prime minister warned. "For years - he added - Tehran has worked against
us both directly and through its emissaries, and therefore Israel has worked against Iran and its emissaries, both defensively and offensively".
A response from Tehran after the Israeli raid against the Iranian consulate in Damascus is taken for granted by many analysts and the Israeli defense apparatus itself is convinced that it will happen. "Complex days await us, it is not certain that the worst is behind us", admitted the head of military intelligence Aharon Aliva. "But we are ready for all scenarios", specified IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari, adding that "the forces are well deployed in defensive and offensive formations" with "multi-level protection and aircraft in the sky 24 hours a day". .
Haaretz reports three scenarios of possible retaliation: a drone or cruise missile attack directly from Iran aimed at Israeli infrastructure, the hypothesis that seems least likely; intense missile attacks from Lebanon or Syria via Hezbollah and other
Shiite militias or even "attacks on Israeli embassies".
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