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Benjamin Netanyahu promises response to Iranian attack on Israel – Israel News

Benjamin Netanyahu promises response to Iranian attack on Israel – Israel News

“We have a duty to respond to Iran – and we will,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded message broadcast on Israeli media channels on Saturday evening.

The statement came as the world awaits an Israeli response to Iran’s rocket fire on Tuesday.

“No country in the world would have accepted such an attack, and neither would Israel,” he added.

Netanyahu began his statement by reporting on Israel’s progress in the war last month. “About a month ago, towards the end of the destruction of the Hamas battalions in Gaza, we began to fulfill the promise I made to the residents of the north.”

“We eliminated Nasrallah and the top leadership of Hezbollah. “We have eliminated the commanders of the Radwan force who planned to invade the Galilee and carry out a larger and more terrible massacre of our citizens than that of October 7,” he added.

People stand around what appear to be remnants of a ballistic missile lying in the desert following an attack by Iran on Israel near the southern city of Arad, Israel, on October 2, 2024. (Source: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)

“Iran has already fired twice and we have intercepted hundreds of missiles in the largest ballistic missile attack in history. No country in the world would have accepted such an attack, and neither would Israel, and we will respond to these attacks,” he concluded.

IDF deals with response to Iran

Netanyahu’s comments came about half an hour after IDF chief spokesman R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari also made a statement to the press reporting the IDF’s progress during the long holiday and Shabbat.

Hagari also addressed the IDF’s response to Iran, saying: “The IDF will respond to Iran in the time and manner it deems appropriate, and public safety guidelines will be updated when this happens.”



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