Jerusalem:
Israel’s army chief vowed on Tuesday to hit Iran “very onerous” if it retaliates in opposition to 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 are going to as soon as once more know how you can attain Iran… and strike very, very onerous” Lieutenant Common Herzi Halevi mentioned.
Addressing army personnel who took half within the weekend strike, Halevi mentioned 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 mentioned, in keeping with an announcement issued by the army.
On Saturday, Israeli fighter jets carried out pre-dawn air strikes in opposition to Iranian army targets and missile manufacturing services in retaliation for a significant 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 components of the nation, however mentioned it had prompted “restricted harm”.
In a submit on X, Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mentioned 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 identical barrage in April. Israel reportedly retaliated for that assault the identical month.
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned that Iran was looking for to develop a “stockpile” of nuclear bombs geared toward destroying his nation.
“Iran is striving to develop a stockpile of nuclear bombs to destroy us, outfitted with long-range missiles, intercontinental missiles that Iran is attempting to develop,” Netanyahu mentioned.
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