Iran is expected to attack Israel in the next 24 to 48 hours, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing an individual who was briefed by Iranian leadership. The source told the WSJ that the Islamic regime has discussed attack plans, although “no final decision has been made.”
Iran has been expected to retaliate against the Jewish State after the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria was bombed, with seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force perishing in the attack.
Three days ago Israel droned the Iranian Revolutionary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps embassy in Damascus killed 7 including Commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi & his deputy Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi.
It looks precision. pic.twitter.com/likIkgF7dH
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) April 5, 2024
Tehran held huge funeral ceremonies for the seven officers who perished in the attack.
Tehran sees massive funeral ceremonies of 7 officers, including two top generals of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps killed by Israeli strikes on the Iranian Consulate in Syria. Meanwhile, General Hossein Salami, IRGC chief commander, has called for retaliation pic.twitter.com/5ILBAhXDIt
— RT (@RT_com) April 6, 2024
Iran publicly threatened to respond to the attack and the Intelligence Community predicted that an Iranian attack on Israel “could be imminent.”
The Jewish state is reportedly preparing for an unprecedented “direct attack” on the north or south side of the country.
According to the Journal, the IRGC contacted Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with options to strike Israeli interests earlier this week.
Three days after the attack, the Revolutionary Guards posted an Islamic meme on X with the words: “They will find no guardian or helper…”
لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا… pic.twitter.com/iIduq72Ak9
— کانال سپاه پاسداران | IRGC (@Sepah_Media) April 5, 2024
The IRGC reportedly contacted the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this week with options to strike various Israeli interests.
According to the WSJ report, Iran may utilize its proxies in Iraq and Syria to attack Israel, or attack the country’s embassies located in Arab countries. Khamenei has reportedly been “weighing the political risk” of a direct attack, as Israel could intercept its missiles and then retaliate with strikes on Iranian strategic infrastructure.
In a speech Wednesday, Khamenei promised that “Israel would be punished.”
“An Iranian journalist noted: This morning, when Iranian leader Khamenei said that Israel would be punished for the attack on the embassy in Damascus, the camera immediately panned to IRGC Aerospace Forces commander Ali Hajizadeh, who appeared to be smiling slightly. ” pic.twitter.com/DlYfbD3lj3
— nhật trường ngô (@quocdungofc) April 10, 2024
IRGC-associated social media accounts have reportedly posted videos showing simulated missile attacks on Israel’s Haifa airport in the north of the country, and its nuclear facility in Dimona which is in the south.
IRGC: Iran Revolutionary Guard sees the attack on Israel as a "National Demand" — New York Times pic.twitter.com/Z98VNcMBJ2
— Readean (@readeancom) April 7, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that Israel will launch a counterattack in response to any potential missile strike.
“Whoever harms us, we will harm them,” Netanyahu said during a visit to Israel’s Tel Nof Air Base.