Iran threatens retaliation, Israel suspends operations of 28 embassies?
(Baonghean.vn) - According to Russia's TASS news agency on April 5, Sky News Arabia reported that the Israeli government has temporarily suspended the operations of 28 embassies in countries around the world amid threats from Iran.
According to the station, "28 diplomatic missions were closed after Iran threatened to retaliate for Israel's attack on its consulate in Damascus."
On April 4, Kan radio reported that the Israeli Foreign Ministry, after consulting with law enforcement agencies, decided that several embassies should be evacuated as part of an "unprecedented posture of readiness" in response to an expected Iranian response to the attack in Damascus, which is believed to be linked to Israel.
Previously, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari announced that the country's military is on high alert for any developments.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat declined a request from TASS to comment on media reports about the evacuation of staff from several embassies.
Meanwhile, an Israeli source told TASS that "reports about the evacuation of the Israeli embassy are false."
Earlier, on April 4, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote on the social media platform X in Hebrew that he would make Israel regret its decision to conduct an airstrike on Tehran's Consulate in Damascus, killing 13 people, including two generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
IDF spokesman Hagari told CNN earlier this week that the attack did not target the Iranian consulate but an IRGC military facility, which he said was disguised as a civilian building. However, Hagari declined to say who was behind the attack.
