The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu assured this Tuesday, after an attack with more than a hundred missiles from Iran, that the Islamic Republic “made a big mistake tonight, and will pay for it.”
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We will maintain the rule we established: whoever attacks us, we will attack him
Netanyahu gave his first remarks since Iran launched some 180 missiles at the country, forcing millions of people to seek refuge, at the beginning of a government meeting.
“The Iranian regime does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies,” the Israeli leader said in a statement.
“We will maintain the rule we established: whoever attacks us, we will attack him,” Netanyahu reiterated.
Likewise, the Israeli president called the Tehran attack a “failure,” which, he recalled, “was thwarted thanks to Israel’s air defense system,” which managed to intercept most of the missiles and left no victims.
In a statement, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also promised to punish Iran for the attack.. “Iran has not learned a simple lesson: those who attack the State of Israel pay a high price,” he declared.
Iran’s second attack on Israel since April
This was Iran’s second attack against Israel since it first attacked Israeli territory last April in another series of missile and drone bombings.
After 7:30 p.m. local time, The alarms sounded throughout Israel, with impacts in the center and south of the country, and interceptions over the sky of cities such as Jerusalem.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stated that the operation was a response to the deaths of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders: Ismail Haniyeh and Hassan Nasrallah, respectively. “With the firing of dozens of ballistic missiles, targets have been hit in the heart of the occupied territories,” the elite military body said in a statement.
The Guard claimed that it only attacked military targets during the missile bombardment of Israel and that 90 percent of the projectiles hit their targets.
According to the Civil Defense, at least one Gazan died in the West Bank city of Jericho due to a shrapnel impact, and buildings and fires were hit by shrapnel.
Following the attack, Israel’s Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi also spoke in a threatening tone and promised a response.
We will choose when (Iran) will pay the price and demonstrate our precise strike capabilities
“We will choose when (Iran) will pay the price and demonstrate our precise and surprising strike capabilities, in accordance with instructions at the political level,” Halevi said tonight after an assessment of the situation.
Furthermore, he celebrated the lack of “success” of the massive attack, which he attributed to a combination of exemplary civilian behavior and a very strong air defense system.
For his part, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari warned that the Army has plans to act “at a time and place” of their choosing.
US President Joe Biden also said Tuesday that there is an “active dialogue” with Israel on how to respond to Iran’s missile attack. and stated that the consequences for Tehran of this escalation “remain to be seen.”
In statements to the press at the White House, he indicated that he plans to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, although he did not clarify when, and explained that his team has been in “constant” contact with their Israeli counterparts.
Biden affirmed that the response to the attack, which so far has left no Israeli victims, is a “testimony” of Israel’s military capabilities and the “intensive planning” between the US and Israeli governments to confront it.
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