© Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images3D models of Iranian missiles and a drone are being placed under an anti-Israeli placard in the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque
Tehran, Iran โข March 27, 2024
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The promised Iranian retaliation for the Israeli attack on Tehran's consulate in Damascus is likely in the next 24-48 hours, anonymous US officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday.
Two generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force were killed in the Israeli airstrike on April 1, which for the first time targeted an internationally protected diplomatic mission.There has been a widespread expectation that Iran would refrain from reprisal until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Speaking on Wednesday, as Muslims celebrated the feast of Eid-al-Fitr,
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Israel "must and shall be punished" for what it did."Major missile or drone strikes"
are now imminent, Bloomberg
reported citing "people familiar with" the Israeli, US and allied intelligence reports. They will likely be carried out by either Iran directly, or its allies such as the Lebanon-based Hezbollah, the anonymous sources said.
The US is helping Israel with planning and sharing intelligence assessments, the sources said. West Jerusalem is reportedly waiting for the Iranian attack
before it launches a ground offensive against the city of Rafah, in Gaza.
Comment: It would appear that, with this incident, the majority of nations involved in Operation Properity Guardian/Aspides (because both operations are basically working for the same agenda) have succeeded in utterly embarrassing themselves: