Despite Israel's assurance that it will respond to the Iranian attacks that hit its territory on Saturday night, the situation is still unclear about the details.
How to reply ready
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation announced on Wednesday that Tel Aviv has decided how to respond to the Iranian attack, but differences remain over the timing.
Defense Minister Yoav Galant met overnight with military commanders to discuss the response to Iran, she added.
She also said that government ministers have called on Netanyahu to target sensitive facilities in Iran.
This came as the Iranian Navy announced that its forces would accompany the country's ships at sea.
The naval commander, Shahram Irani, said on Wednesday that the Navy will accompany commercial ships to the Red Sea in light of the existing tension, as quoted by the semi-official Tasnim agency.
"We are escorting our ships from the Gulf of Aden to the Suez Canal and are ready to protect the ships of other countries as well," he said.
"The destroyer Jamaran is currently in the Gulf of Aden, and its mission will continue until the Red Sea," he added.
Direct response!
It is noteworthy that Israel is still considering options to respond to the Iranian attacks witnessed on its territory on Saturday night, which came in response to the Israeli attack that targeted the Iranian Embassy in Damascus in early April.
Some observers and US officials have suggested that the response will be directly from Israel towards Iran's interior, so that it targets specific sites without igniting a wider war, or Iranian interests abroad, which may also be ships, weapons storage sites or Centers for supported militias whether in Iraq, Syria or Lebanon.
Some analysts also suggested that the Israeli response could come in the form of cyber attacks.
US officials have also suggested that the Israeli response is likely to take place this weekend, but of course Israel has not announced any details, either soon or soon.
However, Washington and many of its Western allies have urged it to exercise restraint and not react, and to escalate the situation in the already flaming region since the outbreak of the war on the Gaza Strip on the seventh of last October.
