The North American media this Friday reported on the proximity of an Iranian attack against Israel in response to the latest attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria, which is escalating tensions in the Middle East.
In the face of an attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus — which killed several members of the Revolutionary Guard, including two generals — Tehran made clear it would respond, something Israel and the international community are now trying to determine. When and how will it do..
US intelligence sources are quoted as saying today Newspaper The Wall Street Journal Iran has warned that a retaliatory attack could occur within 24 or 48 hours.
US President Joe Biden made it clear this week that support for Israel will remain firm in the face of Iranian threats.
The April 1 attack — which Israel has never claimed responsibility for, but usually doesn't when it comes to actions in neighboring countries — prompted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to assume immediate retaliation.
This has been confirmed by other leaders such as the Iranian President, Ibrahim Raisi or Foreign Minister Hossein Amiraftolahian, who in recent days has intensified his contacts with governments in both the Middle East and Europe.
Calls for restraint are widespread in practice (coming from countries such as Germany and Russia), but at this point few doubt that Tehran will carry out its threat and there will be some kind of response.
In 2020, the death of General Qassem Soleimani in a US bombing raid in Iraq led to attacks on US bases on Iraqi soil as well.
For his part, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave assurances on Thursday that he was preparing for possible challenges on other fronts, without directly referring to Iran.
Iran thus faces the challenge of finding a balance between carrying out its own threats and not lighting the fuse of a new escalation with an uncertain horizon.
The attack on its embassy in Damascus drew practically unanimous condemnation internationally, even with condemnation from the United Nations, but concern is now common.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expanded contacts to ask officials from China, Turkey and Saudi Arabia to pressure Iran to stop the attack.
Beijing responded by demanding that Washington play a “constructive role” in the entire conflict.
Israel, on the other hand, is wary of products it does not want to release, but allegedly for tactical reasons, such as the withdrawal of troops from southern Gaza, but which has generated speculation about the need to focus on other tasks. .
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