The country’s military chief military chief Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi was keeping mum this week after revealing that there would be a response.

The army’s spokesman, Daniel Hagari, confirmed that Israel will respond “at the time that we choose”.

It will mean that Jerusalem is turning a deaf ear to world leaders who are against retaliation, trying to avoid a spiral of violence in the Middle East.

Halevi and Hagari were speaking at the Nevatim air base in southern Israel, which Hagari said suffered only light damage in the Iranian attack.

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