ISRAEL’S war cabinet met last night to discuss the threat of an “imminent” attack after Iran vowed revenge for a strike that killed several of its top commanders.

At least 11 people were killed when the consular building next to Iran’s embassy in Damascus was reduced to rubble by strikes which Iran says were carried out by Israeli F-35 fighter jets.

Monday’s attack killed seven senior members of Iran’s warped terrorist army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IGC) – sparking a vengeful response from Tehran.

Iranian President Ebrahim Rasi immediately pointed the finger of blame at Israel, labelling the hit a “cowardly crime” and fumed that the deadly strike “will not go unanswered”.

On Wednesday, his threats were bolstered by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who said they would carry out retaliation and “defeat the Zionist regime”.

The words of Khamenei have been plastered across posters in Tehran in a public show of support.

However, Iran’s promise of revenge has left the Middle East on a knife-edge.

In an apparent response, Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu held crunch meetings with his security officials over concerns of an “imminent attack” on Israel or Israeli targets abroad, Israeli outlet YNet reports.

Israel – which is still facing down a global backlash in the wake of its deadly strike on an aid convoy that killed three Brits – said it was beefing up its air defences and had called up reservist in preparation for the Iranian response.

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