Iran's drone attack foiled, Israel gives name to successful operation: ‘Iron Shield

On Saturday, Iran launched drones and missiles at Israel. Of these drones and missile, the Israel Defense Forces say, 99% were intercepted by its air defenses.

Israel's successful interception of drones and missiles launched by Iran, has been officially named operation “Iron Shield”, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday.

Iron Shield' – the official name of the interception and thwarting operation of the Iranian attack on Saturday,” the IDF posted on X (formerly Twitter).

While the West has backed Israel and condemned Iran, it has urged the former of the duo to not respond to the “provocation”, as a conflict is already on in the Middle East, between Israel and Hamas.

Iran, on the other hand, has warned of a “strong response” to any potential military action by Israel.

Meanwhile, The Times of Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-led War Cabinet wrapped up discussions on the Jewish state's retaliation, and added that there were “reports” that a retaliatory move could come “as soon as Monday.”

The War Cabinet, it said quoting Channel 12, decided to hit back “clearly and forcefully” to send a “message” to Iran that Israel “will not allow an attack of that magnitude to pass without a reaction.”

Separately, the Axios note site that Yoav Gallant, Israel's Minister of Defense, told Lloyd Austin, his US counterpart, that due to the use of ballistic missiles, Israel had “no choice but to respond.”

According to, the retaliatory options on the table include cyber attacks, targeted strikes on state-owned sites such as Iranian oil infrastructure, strikes on personnel and infrastructure related to Tehran's nuclear programme, and targeting one of its “proxies” in the region (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis).

Of these, hitting Iranian nuclear sites would be “unlikely”, particularly because such an operation would require both support and funding by the US, the WSJ said.