Iranian strikes against the Jewish state : How can Israel respond ?

Iran carried out a massive attack, from its territory, against Israel, by launching more 300 drones and missiles on Saturday night 13 see you on Sunday 14 avril. A response announced after a deadly strike against the Iranian consulate, in Damascus, in Syria, and assigned to Israel in early April. But how could the Jewish state respond? ?

Indeed, Iran believes it has taken revenge. “The case can be considered closed”, announced on Sunday, the Iranian mission to the UN in a message posted three hours after the start of its operation. More, “if the Israeli regime made another mistake, Iran's response would be considerably more severe”, warned the regime. Comments echoed by the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raïssi, not excluding a “stronger” reaction, “if the Zionist regime or its supporters” demonstrated “reckless behavior”, relays AFP.

However, it is difficult for Israel not to respond. Even if the country was able to stem the attack. How could the Jewish state respond ? “We can very well imagine an Israeli response similar to what happened on April 1 [in Damascus], that is to say on senior political and military officials of the Revolutionary Guards [Iranian] », estimated Frédéric Encel, on France Info. 

“We must never forget that in Iran as in Israel there are still camps of tough people who are comfortable with a conflagration and even who could seek a conflagration”, however, emphasizes researcher Rym Momtaz.

“What if Israel finally decides to fight back ? What if he decides to use this opportunity to finally bomb Iran's valuable nuclear weapons program? ? », asks the Jerusalem Post, conservative daily in an article exploring such a scenario.

A war cabinet met, this Sunday early afternoon in Israel to “discuss a response to the Iranian attack”, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Israel's allies, the United States in the lead, want to avoid a wider conflagration in the Middle East, just like many countries in the region.

West France