Israel boasts of union with the United States on the eve of a possible attack by Iran

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Israel's Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, highlighted this Friday the increasingly closer ties with the United States after meeting with the head of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael Erik Kurilla, and on the eve of a Iran's possible response to the attack on its consulate in Syria.

“Our enemies think they can separate Israel and the United States, but it is the opposite. They are uniting us and strengthening our ties. We stand shoulder to shoulder,” Gallant stressed after the meeting with Kurilla, with whom he has been talking about how prepare for a possible Iranian attack.

“I am sure that the world sees the true face of Iran, the terrorist group that promotes attacks throughout the Middle East, that finances Hamas, Hezbollah and other forces and now also threatens the State of Israel,” he said.

As Gallant and the main Israeli authorities had already been doing, he has once again stressed that they are prepared to defend themselves “by land and air, in close cooperation” with their partners. “We will know how to respond,” he warned.

For his part, the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, insisted on this idea before also meeting with Kurilla. “We are at war and we have been on high alert for six months,” he explained.

“The IDF continues to closely monitor what is happening in Iran and in various theaters, while constantly preparing to confront existing and potential threats in coordination with the US Armed Forces,” Halevi said.

Last week, an attack attributed to Israel hit the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, the capital of Syria, leaving at least fifteen dead, including senior military commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Tehran has since warned that it reserves the right to respond, as fears of an imminent offensive have grown in recent days.