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00:00 Israel is on high alert amid an increasingly urgent Iranian threat.
00:04 Fears that Iran could strike have prompted the US to send its top general to Tel Aviv
00:09 to discuss security concerns with Israeli officials.
00:12 Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned the state would respond to an Iranian attack.
00:17 A direct Iranian attack will require an appropriate Israeli response against Iran.
00:22 Tensions between Israel and Iran follow a strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus
00:27 on April 1st, which killed 16 people, including seven members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
00:34 Tehran believes it was committed by the Israeli air forces with the US involved and has warned
00:39 of retaliation.
00:40 "The evil regime made a mistake.
00:47 In this regard it must and will be punished.
00:52 When they attacked our consulate, they attacked our territory."
00:57 Iran has so far refrained from taking any direct action against Israel since the start
01:02 of the war in Gaza.
01:04 But US and Israeli security sources believe that an Iranian strike or by one of its proxies
01:10 is now imminent.
01:11 President Biden reaffirmed his support for Israel Thursday as Secretary Blinken urged
01:17 the international community to dissuade Iran from carrying out an attack.
01:22 "Secretary Blinken has been engaged in diplomacy over the past 24 hours through a series of
01:27 calls to foreign counterparts including Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Faddan, Chinese Foreign
01:32 Minister Wang Yi and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan to make clear that escalation
01:38 is not in anyone's interest and that countries should urge Iran not to escalate."
01:43 In the meantime, Russia, Germany and Britain have called for restraint from both the Israeli
01:48 and Iranian sides to try and prevent the region from escalating into conflict.