Iran will provoke a exactly calibrated retaliation towards Israel for attacking its consulate in Syria that won’t set off an all-out regional battle, western media reported Friday.
The US Financial Times newspaper stated Western diplomats concluded, primarily based on talks between Iran and European capitals, that Iran “is preparing a response that aims to demonstrate deterrent strength while also showing restraint.”
Even if Iran engages in a direct assault on Israeli territory, it should in all probability be “calibrated” in a fashion that won’t set off “an Israeli retaliation that would lead Iranian assets in Lebanon and Syria being decimated,” a Western official informed the newspaper.
The diplomats the Financial Times quoted additionally imagine that Israel may tolerate an Iranian assault that might trigger “some physical damage to military facilities,” however not one which causes demise to army personnel, which might then “trigger a wider Israeli response.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Thursday that the Israeli military is ready to satisfy challenges from all fronts as tensions develop with Iran.
“We set a simple principle: Anyone who hits us, we hit them,” he stated.
Tel Aviv is on excessive alert amid fears of a doable Iranian assault on Israeli targets after threats by Tehran to retaliate towards a suspected Israeli strike April 1 on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus.
“Don’t,” US President Joe Biden stated in his message to Tehran.
“We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed,” he informed reporters Friday.
Source: www.anews.com.tr