US air defenses operated from the US base in al-Tanf, as well as along the Jordanian border and in eastern Syria, where Washington maintains hundreds of troops in several air bases, one source says.
Rescuers said a 7-year-old girl in a Bedouin Arab town was seriously wounded in southern Israel, apparently in a missile strike, though they said police were still investigating the circumstances of her injuries.
The Iranians have several direct and indirect means at their disposal to carry out a painful blow that would reverberate in Jerusalem.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed doubt about Israel's ability to fully defend against an assault of this magnitude. However, they acknowledged Iran may opt for a smaller strike to avoid further escalation. The anticipated retaliation follows an alleged Israeli airstrike on April 1 that killed seven Iranian commanders in Syria.
It remains unclear whether the attack will come from Iranian territory or through its proxies in the region.
"If Iran attacks from its own territory, Israel will respond and attack in Iran," Katz said in post on the social media platform X following Iran's Khamenei vowing to retaliate to alleged Israeli assassination.
Iran told the 15-member Security Council that it reserves the right "to take a decisive response" to the attack, accusing Israel of violating the founding UN Charter, international law, and the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises.
The airstrike led to damage to the Iranian embassy in Damascus
The US delegation was led by Brett McGurk, the White House's Middle East adviser, and Abram Paley, the Iran envoy, while Iran was represented by Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy foreign minister and top nuclear negotiator.
Sky News in Arabic quoted Syrian sources saying that an Iranian figure was killed in the attack and that the dead did not have Syrian citizenship.
