Behind the Iran’s drone attack on Israel in retaliation after the offensive on its Consulate in Damascusthe world awaits Israel’s great decision and the reaction of its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s response will determine whether the conflict escalates -or at least-. What is clear is that there will be a military response. According to a phrase that has emerged from the meeting of Netanyahu’s war cabinet, Israel “intends to hurt Iran” but “without provoking total war.”

Netanyahu would lean towards a military attackbut international pressure to avoid an escalation in the region is going to have a great weight on the decision finally made by the prime minister and his cabinet.

While, Iran warns that if Israel reacts, the actions of the ayatollah regime will be even more serious. Iran has already ended its attack and assures that it was “dissuasive, responsible and proportionate“.

Since the attack occurred last Saturday, different countries have reacted. This Monday, the president of the United States, Joe Biden has assured that “they are committed to Israeli security”. For his part, the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, stated this Monday that the Biden Administration is coordinating a “diplomatic response” to avoid an escalation in the Middle East region after Iran’s attack against Israel.

Blinken has pointed out that the launch of missiles and drones by Iran is an attack “unprecedented in scope and scale” that also represents the first “direct attack” carried out by the Iranian authorities against Israel.

“In the 36 hours since then (since the attack), we have been coordinating a diplomatic response to try to avoid an escalation“, he indicated at a press conference, adding that they remain “in close collaboration” with their partners.

Exactly the same request that different countries have made in the last few hours. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, the French Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, have also joined that request in recent hours. They all believe that a war escalation must be avoided at all costs and consider that the solution to the conflict is to isolate Iran by increasing sanctions and increasing pressure on its nuclear activities.

This afternoon, The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has asked for containment. “We have condemned the attack and we have called for restraint. Nobody wants a regional escalation,” she commented.