2024-04-11 23:24:14
Washington: US President Joe Biden has promised to protect Israel amid the threat of attack from Iran. The US President said that if Iran attacks, America will do everything to protect Israel. The US President said that we will become a shield for Israel. Biden’s statement came at a time when, a day earlier on Wednesday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had vowed to avenge the attack on the consulate in Syria. Seven senior military officers, including Iran’s top general, were killed in the airstrike in Damascus. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in an address at the end of Ramadan on Wednesday that Israel’s attack in Damascus was tantamount to an attack on our soil. “When they attacked our consulate, it was as if they attacked our land. The evil forces that carried out this attack must and will be punished,” Khamenei said in an address broadcast on Iranian state TV. However, he did not say how Iran would respond.
What can Iran do?
Middle East experts say that if Iran attacks Israel directly, the current conflict could spread to a larger area and Iran does not have the military capability to counter Israel. More likely, Iran could launch more attacks on Israel through its proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon. Since the start of the fighting in Gaza, Hezbollah has been continuously firing on the Israeli border.
Experts believe that Hezbollah, which has captured areas of Lebanon near the Israeli border, has hundreds of thousands of rockets and missiles that can attack southern Israel. Former US Army Central Command officer Joe Buccino told the BBC that Hezbollah has more capabilities than Hamas and can cause serious damage to Israel.
Due to which fear did Israel deploy C-Dome defense system?
Israel threatened to attack inside Iran
Following the remarks of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz had issued an open threat to Tehran on Wednesday. Katz posted in Hebrew on social media platforms that if Iran attacks from its soil, Israel will respond and attack inside Iran. He also reposted the message written in Hebrew in Persian and in both the tweets the Israeli Foreign Minister tagged Ali Khamenei.