Israel has issued a stern ultimatum to Iran if the country decides to retaliate for its airstrikes on Tehran early Saturday morning.
Israel hit Iran with three waves of attack, focusing on ‘missile manufacturing facilities’ it claimed were used to produce the missiles that Iran fired at the Jewish nation on October 1.
It also struck ‘surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel’s aerial freedom of operation in Iran,’ the IDF announced.
But if Iranian officials were to strike back, Israel would be ‘obligated to respond,’ Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari warned in a video posted to X.
‘Our message is clear: All those who threaten the state of Israel and seek to drag the region into a wider escalation will pay a heavy price,’ he said. ‘We demonstrated today that we have both the capability and the resolve to act decisively, and we are prepared on offense and defense, to defend the state of Israel and the people of Israel.’
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