Israel's message to its population after threat of retaliation from Iran for attack on its consulate

Since Thursday of this week, Israel has been on high alert due to the threat to its security due to a possible retaliation from Iran, due to the attack attributed to the Israeli Army against the Iranian consulate in Damascus, which killed thirteen people, including seven Iranian revolutionary guards; in parallel to the war in the Gaza Strip.

“We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act accordingly to the simple principle that whoever harms us, we will harm him,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this Thursday in a clear message to Iran, before meeting with the war cabinet to address the Iranian threat.

Army spokesman Daniel Hagari had announced shortly before that Israel is on “high alert” and that its troops are deployed on all borders and that its fighter jets are ready for “a variety of scenarios.”

“In the last six months we have been in a war on multiple fronts. We are on high alert across the board. We are watching for threats and thwarting them all the time, on multiple fronts, and we are at a high level of preparedness to defend and the attack,” he said.

The Israeli Army suspended vacation permits for all troops “following a new security assessment”the same argument with which this week increased the personnel and number of reservists serving in the air forces, which are on “maximum alert” for the possibility of attacks with missiles or drones from Iran or one of its pro-Iranian satellite militias in the region , like Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“The Israel Defense Forces are at war and the issue of deployment of forces is constantly reviewed as necessary,” said a military statement about these decisions that have sparked concern among Israelis.

The words this Thursday from the head of Military Intelligence, Aharon Haliva, did not help to calm things down either: “It is not certain that the worst has already passed, complex days await us,” he stated in a meeting with the military hierarchy..

Israel's message

Shortly after, the Army had to clarify that at the moment there are no changes in the instructions for the civilian population. “No need to buy generators, store food and withdraw money from ATMs. We will immediately update any change if it is official and orderly,” the military establishment reassured in a message to citizens.

There is no need to buy generators, store food and withdraw money from ATMs. We will immediately update any changes if they are official and orderly.

Although as an additional precautionary measure, Israel also began this Thursday to d
eliberately alter the GPS service in the center of the country – on the northern border and in communities near Gaza it has already been happening for months -, to prevent possible attacks with missiles or drones. in Iranian revenge for the bombing in Damascus.

Users of geolocation applications, such as the Israeli-made Waze, or Google Maps, will see interference and will be recognized as being in Beirut or Cairo, something that may affect other applications that use this function, such as warning applications. of air raid sirens, very common in Israel and even more so in times of war.

Possible scenarios that Israel would be preparing for include missile and drone attacks by Iranian-backed groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen – all of which have already attacked amid the ongoing war with Israel –in addition to attacks with ballistic missiles directly from Iran, something that has not yet occurred.

For now, Iran reaffirmed this Saturday that it will respond to the attack on its consulate in Damascus. “The (retaliation) operation will be carried out at the right time, with the necessary precision and planning, and with maximum damage to the enemy so that he regrets his actions,” said General Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces.

“We will determine the time of the operation, the type of operation and the plan” for it, he added.