‘Iran made huge mistake with missile strike, will pay for it’ warns Israel PM Netanyahu

“Iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay for it, whoever attacks us, we will attack them,” PM Netanyahu said hours after the attack.

Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024 (REUTERS)

Netanyahu called the attack a “failure” and suggested that Iran will also face the same fate as that of Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups.

Earlier, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out the aerial attack on Israel wherein one Palestinian man was killed in the occupied West Bank during the attack, and a school in central Israel and a restaurant in Tel Aviv were hit.

بر اساس حقوق مشروع و با هدف صلح و امنیت برای ایران و منطقه، پاسخ قاطع به تجاوزات رژیم صهیونیستی داده شد. این اقدام در دفاع از منافع و اتباع ایرانی بود. نتانیاهو بداند، ایران جنگ‌طلب نیست اما در برابر هر تهدیدی قاطعانه می‌ایستد. این تنها گوشه‌ای از توان ماست. با ایران وارد درگیری…

— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) October 1, 2024

The attack by Iran marks a significant rise in the violent aggression in the Middle East region which has remained volatile since Hamas attacked Israel in October last year.

Iran’s barrage of missile salvo was a retaliatory attack carried out in response to Israel’s latest aggression in the region by targeting and killing Lebanon based Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Revolutionary Guards deputy Commander Abbas Nilforoushan.

Meanwhile, post the attack, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gave a stern warning to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating that Tehran is not belligerent.