< p>Iran will retaliate with redoubled force if Israel takes any action on Iranian soil following a massive missile and drone attack by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC's elite the Iranian armed forces) against military installations of the Jewish state. This was stated by one of the Iranian commanders of the IRGC /Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/ to the Iranian state television channel Press TV.
„If the Israeli regime takes any action on Iranian territory, Iran will respond to the Zionist regime with redoubled force”, the channel quoted the senior military official as saying.
Earlier, Tehran made an official statement that the United States and Israel would receive a mirror response from Iran in case of threats against the Islamic Republic. The document emphasized that “any support or involvement in harming Iran's interests will cause the United States to regret and lead to a decisive response.“
Iran launched a massive attack on Israel with missiles and drones. ABC sources estimate that up to 500 drones and approximately 150 missiles were used in the attack. The attack was in response to the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, in which several senior Iranian officers were killed.