TEL AVIV, Apr 14 Israeli Cabinet of Ministers concluded an urgent meeting on the missile attack from Iran and authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Minister without Portfolio in the narrow Cabinet of Military Actions Benny Gantz to decide on the Israeli response, the Ynet portal reported.
According to the portal, another meeting of the narrow cabinet of military actions is scheduled for Sunday.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (elite units of the Armed Forces) said on Sunday night that it was striking Israel in response to the destruction by Israeli aircraft of the Iranian consulate in Syria in early April. The attack, according to various sources, involves from several dozen to hundreds of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, including Shahed kamikaze drones.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that the armed forces have been put on high alert. The Pentagon said it would support Israel, and Iran's mission to the UN called it a conflict between Tehran and Tel Aviv, calling on Washington to «stay away.»
The Israeli Air Force struck the building of the Iranian Consulate General in the Syrian capital Damascus on April 1. According to the IRGC, seven corps officers were killed, including two high-ranking general advisers: Mohammad Reza Zahedi, commander of the IRGC Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, and his deputy, Brigadier General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi. Tehran stated that it reserves the right to respond.