This is not the first time the state has planned to take revenge on Israel. In April, Iran fired drones and missiles at Israel in response to an attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria that killed several senior members of the Revolutionary Guard. At the time, the Israeli government estimated that Iran had launched more than 100 drones.
Today, Iran and Israel, arch enemies, were once allies. Iran, then home to the largest Jewish community in the Middle East, was the second Muslim country to recognize the State of Israel, founded in 1948. That all changed in 1979, with the Islamic Republic, when Iran cut all border crossings and formal relations with Israel, although some informal trade relations were maintained.
Appeals from the West
The countries had asked Iran to abandon the idea of revenge. The governments of the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany called on Iran to abandon “continuing threats” against Israel. The White House warned that the attack “could have an impact” on negotiations scheduled for Thursday (15) on a ceasefire in Gaza. Russia and China are also seeking to avoid escalation.
Iran claims that this call has no political logic and constitutes “support for Israel.” Even German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke by phone with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who stressed: “Iran will never succumb to pressure.”
The agency says that Iran may give up revenge if a truce is reached in Gaza. A military official told Reuters that Iran would launch a direct attack if negotiations in Gaza failed or if it saw that Israel was dragging its feet. Earlier, 10 members of one family were killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Only a 3-month-old baby survived.
