Israel has made it clear to all who ask, and those who don’t, that the massive assault of hundreds of aerial projectiles cannot be left unanswered. Now it’s just a matter of when and how. It won’t be too long.

Israeli Foreign Minister met with his British and German counterparts and left no doubt that a strike on Iran was decided, a done deal. There was nothing, he made clear, that would undo that cabinet decision, thrashed out over several days and nights of intensive discussion.

Katz urged them to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror group in the wake of Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone strike on Israel, and to reimpose strict sanctions on Iran and the IRGC as a deterrent to further aggression.

“Iran and its proxies endanger regional and global stability. Now we have an opportunity to curb Iran,”  Katz is said to have told David Cameron and Annalena Baerbock.

“It’s time to call the Revolutionary Guards by their real name – a terrorist organization – and impose painful sanctions on Iran’s missile project,” Katz says.

Cameron, at least, seems to have go the message. After his meeting with Katz, he said that Israel had made a decision to respond militarily to the Iranian drone and ballistic missile attack and hoped this would be carried out in a way that minimized escalation.

“It’s clear the Israelis are making a decision to act,” Cameron, who was speaking to reporters in Israel, says. “We hope they do so in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible.”

Britain hoped to see coordinated sanctions against Iran, he added. “They need to be given a clear unequivocal message by the G7,” he said.

The Americans, however, could not help grumbling and warning the Israelis that they could not expect the same US and allied support for any retaliation. US officials warned that an Israeli strike on Iran would lead to an escalation and that Israel could not count on the same backing as the last time around.

“We think it will be very hard to replicate the huge success we had on Sat w/defeating the attack if Iran launches 100s of missiles & drones again & the Israelis know it.”

It seems Israel is willing to take that chance.

The IDF has decided how it will counter-strike Iran and its proxies but has not yet the exact timing, multiple sources told The Jerusalem Post Tuesday. However, the assertion of a decision shows the determination of Israel’s leadership to retaliated, though Jerusalem seeks to avoid spiraling into a regional war, at least in this phase.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevy hinted that this week Israelis could relax and enjoy the beginning of the Passover holiday, telling an Air Force squadron: “We are enabling a home front policy to at least give citizens this Passover week to live almost like normal because we completely trust you and your readiness.”

Of course, that comment could be a deception to lower the guard of Israel’s adversaries.

Options for an attack range from striking Iranian nuclear facilities to hitting drone or ballistic missile facilities directly involved in Iran’s strike, to more limited options of assassinating specific individuals or punishing IRGC officials abroad, or a large-scale electronic or cyber attack.

Still, it appears clear that the Israeli Air Force would be involved in hitting a high value target. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday: “The Iranians failed in their attack, and they will fail to deter Israel. The skies of the Middle East are wide open for the [Israeli] air force. Every enemy that comes after us will be struck wherever they are.”