Jerusalem:
Israel’s army chief vowed on Tuesday to hit Iran “very onerous” if it retaliates towards Israel for its assaults on the Islamic republic over the weekend.
“If Iran makes the error of launching one other missile barrage at Israel, we’ll as soon as once more know find out how to attain Iran… and strike very, very onerous” Lieutenant Common Herzi Halevi stated.
Addressing army personnel who took half within the weekend strike, Halevi stated that sure targets had been put aside “as a result of we could also be required to do that once more”.
“This occasion shouldn’t be over; we’re nonetheless within the midst of it,” he stated, based on an announcement issued by the army.
On Saturday, Israeli fighter jets carried out pre-dawn air strikes towards Iranian army targets and missile manufacturing amenities in retaliation for a serious ballistic missile assault by Tehran earlier this month.
That assault, which concerned round 200 missiles, was itself launched in retaliation for the killing of a number of Tehran-aligned militant leaders, together with Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, and a Revolutionary Guards commander.
Iran confirmed that the Israeli assault had focused army websites within the capital Tehran and different elements of the nation, however stated it had precipitated “restricted injury”.
In a submit on X, Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated that Israel’s assault “ought to neither be exaggerated nor minimised”.
With out elaborating, he described the assault as a “miscalculation”.
The missile barrage was the second-ever direct assault by Iran on Israel, following an analogous barrage in April. Israel reportedly retaliated for that assault the identical month.
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Iran was in search of to develop a “stockpile” of nuclear bombs aimed toward destroying his nation.
“Iran is striving to develop a stockpile of nuclear bombs to destroy us, geared up with long-range missiles, intercontinental missiles that Iran is attempting to develop,” Netanyahu stated.
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