'Whoever harms us, we will harm': Benjamin Netanyahu's harsh warning to Iran

ANDThe Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, sent a message to Iran this Thursday: “Whoever harms us, we will harm.”

“We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act accordingly,” the prime minister said at the start of a war cabinet meeting to address, among other things, the threat from Iran, which could take reprisals after the attack attributed to Israel on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

For years, Iran has gone against us directly and through its emissaries, and therefore, Israel has gone against Iran and its emissaries, defensively and offensively.

In a veiled admission by the Jewish State against the Iranian consulate in Damascus thirteen people diedincluding seven Iranian revolutionary guards, in parallel to the war in the Gaza Strip.

“For years, Iran has gone against us directly and through its emissaries, and therefore, Israel has gone against Iran and its emissaries, defensively and offensively,” Netanyahu said.

Israeli media report that Israel is closing embassies around the world for fear of Iranian retaliation. According to the Maariv newspaper, some employees have been asked not to go to work in the coming days.

The Israeli Army suspended vacation permits for all troops “after a new security evaluation”, the same argument with which it yesterday increased the personnel and number of reservists serving in the air forces, on “maximum alert” in the face of the possibility of missile or drone attacks from Iran or one of its pro-Iran satellite militias in the region, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“The Israel Defense Forces are at war and the issue of deployment of forces is constantly reviewed as necessary,” said a military statement about these decisions that have sparked concern among Israelis.

“Your responsible behavior on the home front saves lives. My only recommendation is to be alert and attentive to updates,” said Israeli Army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, although he warned that at the moment there are no changes to the instructions for civilians.

The president of Iran, Ibrahim Raisi, yesterday launched a serious threat to Israel, following the attack attributed to this country, in which senior Iranian officials died, among them Mohamed Reza Zahedi, commander of the Syrian and Lebanese Quds Force.

The attack will not go unanswered. Zionists must know that they will never achieve their evil goals through such inhumane actions.

“The attack will not go unanswered. Zionists must know that they will never achieve their evil goals through such inhumane actions,” he said.

He was joined by the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, who even promised revenge on Israel for the attack on Damascus, pointing out that Israel “will regret it”, while Iran's ambassador to Syria stressed that “Israel crossed the red lines.”

Israel's attack on Monday in Damascus is the worst blow to the elite military following the death of Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian general who headed the Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force until he was eliminated by the US in 2020 in a bombing in Iraq.

EFE