Tension is high in the Middle East, a region on the verge of conflagration. Israeli army chief of staff Herzi Halevi on Monday promised a “response” to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel, during a speech to soldiers at a base hit by a Iranian strike.
Israel will “respond to the launch of so many missiles, cruise missiles and drones on the territory of the State of Israel,” declared General Halevi while visiting the Nevatim base in the south of the country. The army took the opportunity to broadcast a short video showing a shallow crater along a wall caused by the impact of an Iranian projectile as it fell on the military base.
Hundreds of missiles and drones
Speaking shortly afterward at the base, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said: “We will do whatever is necessary to protect the State of Israel, and we will do so as appropriate and appropriate.” that we will choose.”
Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones overnight from Saturday to Sunday at Israel, in retaliation for a deadly attack on its consulate in Damascus attributed to the Jewish state. Almost all of these missiles and drones were intercepted by Israeli air defense with the help of the United States and other allied countries including France and the United Kingdom but also Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
The same countries, led by the United States, are now worried about the risk of a regional conflagration in the event of a direct Israeli response on Iranian soil, in which Washington has indicated that it will not participate.