Israel threatens to strike Iran directly if it launches attack
Israel’s foreign minister threatened that his country’s forces would strike Iran directly if the Islamic Republic launched an attack from its territory.
Israel’s foreign minister threatened Wednesday that his country’s forces would strike Iran directly if the Islamic Republic launched an attack from its territory against Israel.
His comments came amid heightened tensions between the rival powers following the killings of Iranian generals in a blast at the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, Syria, this month.
“If Iran attacks from its territory, Israel will respond and attack in Iran,” Israel Katz said in a post on X in Farsi and Hebrew.
Earlier Wednesday, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reiterated a promise to retaliate against Israel over the attack on its consulate in Damascus.
Israel Katz during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council last month. Bebeto Matthews / AP file Their comments came after a congressional official and a former senior U.S. official confirmed that Iran has been sending weapons to the occupied West Bank through criminal networks operating in Jordan and elsewhere.
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