Iranians burn an Israeli flag after seven Revolutionary Guard Corps members were killed in a strike on the country's consular annex in Damascus, which Tehran blamed on Israel. Photo: AFP
Israel was coming under direct attack from Iran on Saturday night, the army announced, in a major escalation of the long-running covert war between the regional foes that threatened to overshadow the conflict in Gaza.Iran had repeatedly threatened to strike Israel in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike on its Damascus consular building...