Recently, relations between Israel and Iran have been highly strained, and the atmosphere has suddenly heated up with fierce statements made by each other, which can be described as a spark that can detonate the "powder keg" of the Middle East. On April 10, the Alrabiya website reported that Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz sent a direct threat to Iran, saying that "if Iran attacks Israel from its territory, the Israeli army will immediately respond in the same way."
The Times of Israel and Israel's i24 television station also stressed that Katz deliberately issued the warning in Hebrew and Persian in order to provoke Iran. And the Israeli Foreign Minister's threats against Iran come at a time when Israel is conducting large-scale military exercises,
On April 10, the Russian Satellite News Network reported that a source in the Western security department disclosed that in recent days, Israel is preparing to attack targets in Iran in response to Tehran's retaliation for the attack on the consulate in Syria.
On the same day, Sky News also reported that the Israeli foreign minister publicly put aside harsh words and said that if Iran attacks us, we will respond to Iran. Israeli Defense Minister Yov Galant, during a visit to anti-aircraft batteries in the north of the country, also said strongly that Israel would respond "very quickly" to any "decisive attack action" on the territory of any incoming country.
On the same day that Israel's foreign minister publicly threatened Iran, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Ali Khamenei also announced that the consulate is part of the territory of the country to which it belongs, and that when it attacks the consulate, it is tantamount to attacking our territory, and that Israel will be "duly punished" for attacking the consulate in Damascus. Yahya Rahim Safavi, an adviser to Khamenei, had previously warned directly that the Israeli embassy was "no longer safe."
The most direct trigger for the tension between Israel and Iran was the sudden bombing of the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1, killing 16 people. Of these, 7 are members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, including two general-level heavyweights!
Iran is a military power in the Middle East, with more than 1,000 missiles and unmanned attack aircraft of various ranges. The last time the US military assassinated Soleimani, commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps "Quds Force," in Iraq, Iran fired more than 100 missiles at a number of US military bases in Iraq, injuring more than 100 US troops.
The situation is so serious that both the United States and Israel are in a hurry. On April 11, Russia's TASS news agency reported that the commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael Kurilla, made an emergency visit to Israel to meet with Israeli Defense Minister Yoaf Galant and "senior representatives of the Defense Forces" to coordinate plans to join forces against Iran's revenge actions. US President Joe Biden announced at a press conference after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that the United States is ready to do everything to protect Israel.
Over the past few years, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes in Syria, mainly against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps targets, destroying a large number of important targets, including weapons and ammunition depots. New hatred and old hatred, Iran will certainly not give up this time, and once a military conflict breaks out between the two sides, the most likely thing is to use missiles to bombard each other.
There is also speculation that Iran may give up retaliating against Israel in exchange for a truce in Gaza. On April 10, the Lebanese newspaper Al Ahbar, citing diplomatic sources in Muscat, said that Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian held talks with Omani Foreign Minister Busayi, and Iran asked to express an attitude to the United States: pressure Israel to cease fire in Gaza, so that Iran would give up retaliating against Israel.
If an agreement can really be reached, it will be a good thing for all parties, after all, under the missile war, there is no real winner!