IANS | 12 Apr, 2024
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has vowed an "appropriate response" if Iran attacks his country's territory.
"A
direct Iranian attack on Israeli territory will require an appropriate
Israeli response against Iran," Gallant told US Secretary of Defence
Lloyd Austin on Thursday during a phone conversation on preparations for
a possible Iranian retaliatory attack, Xinhua news agency reported.
During
the conversation, Gallant detailed the Israeli preparations and
emphasised that Israel "will not tolerate an Iranian attack on its
territory".
It was the second time the two officials had talked over the past week.
The
US Intelligence officials have assessed that Iran could launch a
counter-attack soon in response to the killing of seven Iranians in an
Israeli airstrike on Iran's consulate in Syria on April 1.
Earlier
on Thursday, Commander of the US Central Command Michael Kurilla
arrived in Israel for talks with Gallant and Herzi Halevi, the Chief of
the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, to coordinate responses
to a potential Iranian attack.
