“He made a big mistake tonight and he’s going to pay for it.”. This is the threat that was issued Benjamin Netanyahu in Iran after his massive missile attack against Israel, second direct attack of the Islamic Republic against Israeli territory in less than six months.
“The Iranian regime does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to fight back against our enemies,” the Israeli Prime Minister said in a statement. “We will maintain the rule we have established: whoever attacks us, we will attack him“, he reiterated.
A message, published at the start of a meeting of his government, which represents Netanyahu’s first statements after Tehran’s launch on Tuesday evening around 180 missiles against the countryforcing millions of people to seek refuge.
The Israeli president, however, called “failure“, the Iranian attack, which, it said, caused no casualties and was “thwarted thanks to Israel’s air defense system”, which managed to intercept most of the projectiles. The Guardians of the Iranian revolution, for their part, declared that they had attacked military objectives during the bombardment and that 90% of the projectiles hit their targets.
“We are fighting against the axis of evil everywhere, including our heroic soldiers currently operating in southern Lebanon and Gaza,” Netanyahu said, referring to the ground raid launched this Tuesday by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon.
The same threatening tone was adopted by Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari, who also warned that This attack “will have consequences” and that the army intends to act “at the time and place” of its choosing.
For his part, also the Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallantassured in recent hours that Iran “did not learn its lesson” about what “those who attack Israel pay a high price“, as stated on his social media account
Iran warns of ‘more forceful’ attack if Israel responds
This is the second Iranian attack against Israel since April. attacked Israeli territory for the first time in another series of bombings with missiles and drones and Tehran threatens a “much harsher” response if Tel Aviv responds, claiming to have used only a small part of its attack capacity.
“The Resistance Front’s Attacks on the Worn and Decaying Body of the Zionist Regime they will be more overwhelming“, warned Iran’s supreme leader in a message from X, Ali Khamenei.
For his part, the Iranian Minister of Defense, General Aziz Nasirzadeh, assured that Iran’s response to a possible Israeli attack would be “much more severe”. “If the Zionist regime dares to react, our actions will be much more severe. and we will deploy a more advanced repertoire of the missiles we have,” the minister threatened, quoted by ‘Press TV’.
Along the same lines, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi concluded his attack on Tuesday evening, unless Israel “invites further retaliation”, as he expressed on social networks. If Tel Aviv decides to respond, he said, The Iranian response “will be firmer and more powerful”.
