Iran’s Revenge Threat Sparks Panicked Preparations in Israel

Israel is on “heightened” alert and boosting defenses throughout the country after Tehran threatened retaliation for the strike that killed a top Iranian commander in Damascus on Monday.

“The IDF is at war and the deployment of forces is under continuous assessment according to requirements,” the IDF said in a statement, after Iran’s supreme leader warned that Israel “will be slapped” for the assassination of commander Mohammed Reza Zahedi and several other IRGC officers.

Although the Israeli government has not publicly claimed it was responsible for the attack on the Iranian mission in Syria earlier this week, it appears to be taking the threat from Tehran seriously.

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