“We are on high alert”, underlines the spokesperson for the Israeli army

“We are on high alert,” Colonel Olivier Rafowicz, spokesperson for the Israeli army, declared Monday April 15 on franceinfo, after the missile and drone attack by Iran on the night of Saturday to Sunday.

The sending of several hundred drones and missiles towards Israeli territory came two weeks after the death of seven Revolutionary Guards, including two generals from the Al-Quds Force. “Drones tried to enter Israeli territory and were destroyed by our anti-aircraft systems”, said Colonel Olivier Rafowicz. A “other object” was destroyed by fighter jets, he added.

“It is up to the Israeli government to decide how to respond”

There “large majority” missiles and drones have been destroyed by Israel and the United States. The French army also intercepted shots fired by Iran against Israel as part of “self-protection measures”according to a French military source. “I would like to thank France and the French who participated in these interceptions,” said Israeli army spokesperson. According to him, this coalition “also shows a certain strength in both interception and destruction of enemy missiles and then also a capacity to be able to face extremely serious threats from the Iranian side. Many countries in the region, including Arab countries elsewhere , welcomed the reaction of the coalition with the State of Israel”he clarified.

A war cabinet was held on Sunday around Benjamin Netanyahu. The question of an Israeli response therefore arises on Monday. The G7 meeting urgently on Sunday gave its support to Israel, but calls for restraint: “As for the response, it is up to the Israeli government, the small war cabinet to decide. As we speak, the decision has not reached the Israeli army. We are always ready to implement the decisions that will be taken by the Israeli government”did he declare.