IRAN: Israel Faces 'Grave Consequences' For Bombing Syria

Both Syrian and Iran are making bold threats following a surprise Israeli airstrike in Syrian territory on Wednesday.

Iran's deputy foreign minister told state TV that the "Israeli bombing in Syria will have grave consequences on Tel Aviv," Haaretz reports.

On Saturday a top aide to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that any "attack on Syria is considered (an) attack on Iran and Iran’s allies.”

Syria's ambassador to Lebanon said the Damascus has "the option and the surprise to retaliate," Al Jazeera reports.

Early Wednesday Israeli jets bombed a target in southwest Syria.

Syria, Iran and Hezbollah contend that the Israeli target was a military research center in Jamraya, three miles from Damascus and eight miles from the Lebanese border.

U.S. officials, Syrian rebels and regional security sources told Reuters the warplanes hit a weapons convoy carrying antiaircraft missiles from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon while rebels attacked the facility at about the same time with "six 120 millimetre mortars."