Writing in both his native Hebrew and Farsi, Israel's foreign minister Israel Katz said on X: 'If Iran attacks from its territory, Israel will respond and attack in Iran.'
Comes after Iran 's Supreme Leader today vowed to 'punish' an 'evil' Israel . Follows a suspected IDF strike that killed Iran ian military generals in Syria Israel 's foreign minister today declared his nation's armed forces would launch direct retaliatory strikes on Iran should the Islamic Republic carry out an attack against Israel - the latest step in escalating tensions in the Middle East.
Israel has not acknowledged its involvement in the strike, but has been bracing for retaliation as it continues to battle Hamas and Hezbollah - both militant groups that are funded and supported by Iran. Iran warned arch foe Israel on April 2 that it will punish an air strike that killed seven Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals
Among 12 killed in the blast on April 1 were seven Iranian Revolutionary Guard members, four Syrians and a Hezbollah militia member. 'We will know how to defend ourselves and we will act according to the simple principle that whoever hurts us or plans to hurt us, we will hurt them,' he said. 'For years Iran has been working against us directly and through its proxies, and therefore Israel is working against Iran and its proxies, both defensively and offensively,' Netanyahu said
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