Iran's armed forces said that any Israeli retaliation will be met with a bigger attack than the one last night, Iranian media reported.
The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has said that Tehran will retaliate against any Israeli attack on its interests, officials or citizens.
Late last night, Iran launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Israel amid escalating tensions in the region. According to Israel, hundreds of missiles and drones were fired from Iran, with “99 percent of them intercepted”.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant warned in a video statement that Israel has repelled the first major wave of Iranian drones and missiles, but the clash is not yet over. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would achieve victory after repelling an Iranian airstrike.
US President Joe Biden praised US forces for helping Israel topple “almost all” drones and missiles fired by Iran and pledged to coordinate a global response to Tehran's unprecedented attack. According to the Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel and the American television ABC News, which refer to unnamed sources, US forces and Jordanian fighter jets assisted Israel in intercepting the Iranian drones.
Iran's state news agency IRNA reported that there was "serious damage to the largest air base in the Negev" and that cruise and ballistic missiles were used in the attack. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its air force had fired dozens of rockets at specific targets in Israel. "The launch of the missiles was undertaken in response to a number of crimes committed by the Zionist regime, including the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus and the killing of a group of commanders and military advisers of our country in Syria," the Corps' statement also said.
On this background, Bulgaria announced that there is no threat to our country. There is no immediate threat to Bulgaria in connection with the situation in the Middle East. This was reported to Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, who this morning convened a working meeting with the participation of Ministers of Defense Atanas Zapryanov and Ministers of Transport and Communications Georgi Gvozdeikov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irena Dimitrova, Chief of Defense Emil Eftimov, as well as representatives of the security services.
The government is closely monitoring the development of the situation and is ready to take further action if necessary. "Our main task is to preserve the life and health of Bulgarian citizens in the region," Prime Minister Glavchev said. So far, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not received any requests for evacuation. At this stage, there is no need to convene the Security Council of the Security Council