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Israel has held Iran responsible for the October 19 suspected Hezbollah drone attack on the house of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Three drones were launched from Lebanon in the attack targeting Netanyahu’s House in the central Israeli town of Caesarea. Two were intercepted over the areas of Rosh Hanikra and Nahariya, but the third managed to reach the highly-secured house. The premier and his wife were not home at the time of the attack.
Following the drone attack, Netanyahu said in a statement later that “the agents of Iran who tried to assassinate me and my wife today made a bitter mistake.”
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also said that the attack was essentially on “the State of Israel and its government symbols.” He warned that Israel’s security establishment would “continue to attack any terrorist actors and will strike with force any enemy that harmed or tries to harm the State of Israel.”
“Our actions all over the Middle East have proven this to date, and will prove it in the future as well,” the defense minister said. “The attempts of the Hezbollah organization to discourage us and prevent us from achieving the goals of the war will not succeed.”
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, meanwhile, said that Iran, “by means of its proxy Hezbollah,” had made “a big mistake” by attacking Netanyahu’s house.
“Doing so was a big mistake and they will pay a price,” Ohana said. “In my opinion, incidentally, after they pay the price they’ll be sorry they ever learned to fly a paper plane, never mind a drone.”
Responding to these accusations, Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations said in a statement that it had “already responded to the Israeli regime” and that “the action in question has been carried out by Hezbollah in Lebanon.”
Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari didn’t mention Iran while addressing the attack at a press conference. Instead, the spokesman warned that fighting against Hezbollah “would only intensify.”
“This morning, three drones infiltrated from Lebanon. Two were intercepted, and the third hit a building in Caesarea, in an attempt to target the prime minister,” Hagari said, adding that the incident was under further investigation.
“We are fighting Hezbollah with determination. Because of this attempt, and the harm to Israeli civilians, the fighting will only intensify,” he added.
The attack comes as the clashes between Israel and Hezbollah continue to escalate, with the death toll on the Lebanese site surpassing 2,400.
The Israeli accusations against Iran are likely meant to serve two main goals, first add legitimacy to the awaited Israeli response to the October 1 Iranian missile attack, and second justifying the expansion of Israel’s ongoing assassination campaign to include senior Iranian officials.
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caesarea and hertzliya are nice targets. its funny that the jews stuck with roman names, given that the romans destroyed their first temple
visto che assassina tutti la prossima volta mirate bene e informatevi dove si nasconde.
blah, blah,blah…wah, wah, wah…says the cry-baby liars. up yours says iran. yes, there’s more to come says hezbollah. oh, and send more merkavas, they roast so well in the cool autumn air. oooh, that smell.
please iran/resistance, show this bastarrrrds whom they have messed with. this is only the beginning. cut their tongues by targeting even more of their bigheaded monkeyleaders. they kill your leaders and dare to squeak like pigs afterwards? they began this and they have to eat it up.
nazis gonna nazi.
with drone warfare netanyahu is on the path to rejoin satan.