Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly addressed Iran at a high-level meeting on Thursday night, warning the Islamic Republic that whoever harms or plans to harm the Jewish state will be hurt back.
"For years, Iran has been working against us, both directly and through its proxies, and therefore Israel has been working against Iran and its proxies, both on the defense and offense," said the premier.
Israel's Political-Security Cabinet gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday night to discuss the Iranian threat, as well as to receive an update on the ongoing hostage negotiations with Hamas. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Zahedi was the most senior regime official to be killed since the death of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran in an assassination attributed to Israel four years ago.
Senior sources in the Iranian regime told Reuters on Thursday that Tehran would give a "serious response" to the raid, though suggested that it would avoid a direct clash with Israel and the United States.
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