International analysts are now talking about the possibility of a generalized escalation, after the Israeli missile attack on a base in Syria, specifically in Damascuswhere five high-ranking executives of the Revolutionary Guards.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps directly blamed Israel for the attack and threatened significant retaliation. Already, according to information, leading officers of the Revolutionary Guards are said to be in an open line with Hamas and planning the next moves against Israel, at the same time that US forces are hitting Houthi missile facilities in Yemen.

Iran’s foreign ministry said the attacks were an “aggressive and provocative” act by Israel, calling on international actors to condemn them.

Senior officers of the Revolutionary Guards are present at Syria since the civil war there began in 2011, supporting the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Saturday’s attack took place in Mazzeh districtin southwest Damascus, an area that is home to a military airport, as well as the UN headquarters in Damascus, embassies and restaurants.

Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported that the strikes killed the IRGC’s intelligence chief in Syria and his deputy, as well as other Guard members.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 10 people were killed in the raids.

Netanyahu does not back down – Insists on control of security in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that he repeated to the American president Joe Biden his position on the possibility of a “Palestinian sovereignty”, insisting on the “demand” for security.

The two leaders had a telephone conversation yesterday for the first time in almost a month. The US head of state said after the conversation that it was still possible that Netanyahu would accept some form of a Palestinian state.

During the conversation, “Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated his policy that once Hamas is eliminated, Israel must maintain security control in Gaza in order to ensure that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel, a demand that contradicts the demand for Palestinian sovereignty,” the office of the head of the Israeli government said today.

Yesterday, a representative of White House John Kirby said Joe Biden “continues to believe in the prospect and possibility” of a Palestinian state, but “recognizes that it will take a lot of work to get there.”

A day before, Netanyahu had declared that “Israel must have security control over all the lands west of the Jordan. This is a necessary condition, which contradicts the idea of ​​(Palestinian) sovereignty.”