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Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said the drones would take hours to arrive.
The Israeli military says Iran has launched a number of drones into Israel and it will take hours to arrive.
This comes nearly two weeks after an Israeli attack on Iranian consulate in Syria, killed seven members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said Saturday evening that Iran had launched the drones from its own territory and that Israel was ready.
Israel has been on alert since its attack on Damascus on April 1, although it has not commented on the attack. Iran has vowed revenge and retaliation is expected.
Earlier on Saturday, the Iranian armed forces seized a container ship linked to Israel near the Strait of Hormuz.
President Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel was prepared for a “direct attack on Iran.”
And Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel was “closely monitoring a planned attack” against it by Iran and its allies in the region.
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