Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on April 3 that Israel “will be slapped” for a suspected airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1 that killed seven people.Iran blamed Israel for the attack, which killed two of its generals and five military advisers at its embassy compound in Damascus. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the strike, one of the most significant yet on Iranian interests in Syria.Iran has avoided direct conflict with Israel during the half-year war against Hamas in Gaza while supporting its allies’ attacks on Israeli and U.S. targets.Monday’s airstrike destroyed a consular building adjacent to the main embassy complex in the upscale Mezzeh district of the Syrian capital.