Iran’s Attack on Israel Is in Response to Israel’s Attacks

"He (Benjamin Netanyahu) wants to create a wide war," Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti said.

In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti says Iran’s attack on Israel is in response to Israel’s numerous attacks, including a recent one on the Iranian consulate in Syria, and says PM Netanyahu intends to prolong the war on Gaza.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a retaliatory strike on multiple locations in Israel, in response to an Israeli terrorist attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria on 1 April 2024.

On 1 April 2024, an Israeli airstrike destroyed the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, killing 16 people, including a senior Quds Force commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, a senior commander along with six other IRGC officers. Six Syrian civilians also were killed in the attack.