TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a speech marking the end of Ramadan, again took aim at Israel, saying the state “must” and “will” face retaliation for the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1, Al Jazeera reports.

In a major escalation of Israel’s war with regional adversaries, suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital on April 1 in a strike that killed seven Revolutionary Guard members, including two top generals.

“The evil regime made a mistake and must be punished and it shall be,” Khamenei said in a speech marking the beginning of Eid al-Fitr.

Israeli military drones are still buzzing in this part of [the] Rafah district, just to remind Palestinians that there is no sense of safety, even on a day that’s supposed to be a day for celebration and rejoicing, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Still, Palestinians are here today performing the prayers of Eid al-Fitr as they have been gathering [and] congratulating each other despite the great deal of devastation, sadness and grief that surrounds them.

Earlier tonight, while Palestinians were preparing to rejoice [in] the arrival of Eid, Israeli fighter jets targeted a number of residential houses.

One of the latest bloody and deadly attacks killed at least 14 Palestinians in [the] Nuseirat refugee camp, an entire family being targeted, the victims including children and women.