The destruction of the Iranian consulate in Syria, which killed dozens of senior Iranian officials and generals, risks escalating into a major war in the region.
This is reported by media in the Middle East, according to which the American intelligence CIA has warned Israel to expect a military response from Iran within 48 hours.
Earlier, senior officials in Iran reacted to the attack by saying that their country now had every right to respond to Israel's attack on their consulate.
Iran is said to be planning a combined "rain" from drones and rockets fired from its bases at strategic locations in Israel, according to Al Mayadeen, quoted by news.bg.
Monday's strike, which killed two Iranian generals and five military advisers at the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, comes as Israel accelerates a long-running campaign against Iran and the militant groups it supports. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed revenge.
Iran could unleash its groups against American forces and use them to strike Israel directly or boost its nuclear program, which the United States and its allies have long sought to rein in.
US officials said they were watching closely to see whether, as in the past, Iranian-backed proxy troops would attack US forces based in Iraq and Syria after the Israeli strike on Monday.
Similar Iranian attacks ceased in February after Washington avenged the killing of three American soldiers in Jordan with dozens of airstrikes on targets in Syria and Iraq linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and the militias it supports.
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