“We have an obligation to respond to Iran, and we will do so,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a recorded message broadcast on Israeli media channels Saturday night.
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“No country in the world would accept such an attack, and neither will Israel,” he added.
Prime Minister Netanyahu began his statement by detailing Israel’s progress in the war over the past month. "About a month ago, as we neared the end of the destruction of Hamas battalions in Gaza, we began to fulfill the promises we made to the people of the north.”
“We have eliminated the upper echelons of Nasrallah and Hezbollah. We have also eliminated the commanders of Radwan’s military who were planning to invade Galilee and commit a massacre on a larger scale and more horrifying than the massacre of October 7,” he added. . People stand around what appears to be the remains of a ballistic missile lying in the desert after an Iranian attack on Israel near the southern Israeli city of Arad on October 2, 2024. (Credit:AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
“Iran has already fired twice and intercepted hundreds of missiles from the largest ballistic missile attack in history. No country in the world will accept such an attack, and neither will Israel. We will not accept these attacks. We will respond to these attacks.” he concluded.
IDF talks about response to Iran
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s comments came about 30 minutes after Israel Defense Forces Chief Spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari also issued a statement to the press updating the IDF’s progress during the long holiday and Sabbath.
Hagari also addressed the IDF’s response to Iran, saying, “The IDF will respond to Iran at a time and in the manner it deems appropriate, and public security guidelines will be updated at that time.”
