Some Israeli ministers have said their country needs to carry out a harsh attack to deter Iran from any repeat assault. Netanyahu hasn’t laid out what he plans to do, beyond saying that Israel will respond in some way.

“Israel deeply appreciates the support of the United States, Britain, France and others in thwarting the Iranian attack against Israel,” Netanyahu’s office said in a post on X Monday. “The international community must continue to stand united in resisting this Iranian aggression, which threatens world peace.”

The Israeli military has presented the government with a range of possible actions, Peter Lerner, a spokesman, said in a Bloomberg Radio interview.

“We need to be patient and understand that the situation here is very fragile,” he said. The government is “considering the pros and cons of each avenue.”

Group of Seven members spoke with one another on Sunday and said they would try to stop “an uncontrollable regional escalation.”

Iran said its actions were a legitimate response to an April 1 attack on its diplomatic compound in Syria, for which it blamed Israel. That strike killed seven Iranian officers, including two generals.

Any reprisals by Israel should be limited to military interests and done in “a very calibrated manner to put an end to the back-and-forth,” said Macron, who said he plans to soon talk to Netanyahu.

Middle Eastern politics have been upended by Israel’s war in Gaza with Hamas. Israel’s retaliatory air and ground assault has killed more than 33,000 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the Palestinian territory. Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., European Union and others.

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(With assistance from Paul Wallace, Stephen Carroll, Caroline Hepker, Michael Nienaber and Jennifer Jacobs.)

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