Politics Netanyahu warns Iran: "Whoever attacks us, we will attack them"
Following the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran against attacking Israel.
28.09.2024, 23:44
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"And to the regime of the Ayatollahs I say: whoever attacks us, we will attack them," Netanyahu told media representatives in Tel Aviv, referring to the leadership in Tehran. "There is no place in Iran or the Middle East that Israel's long arm cannot reach," he warned.
Iran, under religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is considered the protecting power and most important ally of the Shiite Hezbollah militia. Head of state Khamenei ordered national mourning following the killing of Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a suburb of Beirut. Among the victims of Friday's airstrike was Iranian Brigadier General Abbas Nilforushan, the deputy commander for operations of the Revolutionary Guard.
However, it is far from clear whether Iran will rush to Hezbollah's aid. The new Iranian government under President Massud Peseshkian is struggling with a severe economic crisis and is striving for a rapprochement with the West. Although Iran's military leadership announced retaliation after the killing of Hamas foreign leader Ismail Haniya in Tehran at the end of July, this has yet to materialize.
