The US President Joe Biden has warned that Iran is threatening to launch a “significant attack” after Israel had struck the Iranian consulate in Syria 
on 1 April.
Earlier on Wednesday this week, Iran’s leader, the head said the Israeli attack in Damascus the capital of Syria was equivalent to an attack on Iran itself, a huge threat to the already instable levant region.
“When they attacked our consulate area, it was like they attacked our territory,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech.
“The evil regime must be punished, and it will be punished.”
It is unclear what form any rebuttal attack would take place so far, although the rouge regime in Iran could do anything it wishes to do.
If Iran is to strike Israel directly would risk an even greater escalation in the conflict, and analysts have already commented that Iran does not have the military capability for a significant confrontation, and the risk of a Nuclear warfare being used is still there.
Statements by the US
A possible alternative is an attack via an Iranian proxy like Hezbollah, which has traded fire with Israel across the border from Lebanon almost daily since 8 October. Those exchanges have intensified in recent weeks.
“Hezbollah is very capable, hundreds of thousands of rockets and missiles there, on the border that can reach all the way into southern Israel,” Joe Buccino, former Communications Director at the US military’s Central Command
“Hezbollah is much more capable than Hamas. So they’d have the capability to do significant damage into Israel.”
On Sunday an Iranian official who workes for the governament of Iran had warned Israel’s embassies were “no longer safe”, suggesting a consulate building could be a possible target, a tit for tat move perhaps.
Thirteen people were unfortunately beed killed in the 1 April attack on the Iranian consulate building in Damascus, including senior Iranian military leaders.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but is widely considered to have been behind it as Iran alleges it.
United States and Israeli forces in the region have now been put in a high alert in the days since. Last week the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) cancelled leave for soldiers serving with combat units and called up reservists to bolster air defence units.
This signifies full support for Israel from the US, a move with a stark contrast from previous statements, a move also agreeing with the right American ideology.
