Israel has warned Iran against making “the mistake” of carrying out another attack against it.
If Iran were to launch missiles at Israel, the Israel Defense Forces would “hit extremely hard both the capabilities and the places that we spared this time,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi was cited as saying at the Ramon Air Base on Tuesday.
Israel “didn’t finish this event,” he added, because “we may be required to do it again.”
Over 100 Israeli warplanes, including the fifth-generation F-35s, were reportedly involved in the IDF’s three waves of "precise" strikes on Iranian military targets on October 26. The strikes that Tel Aviv described as a "response" to Tehran’s missile attacks on Israel on October 1 claimed the lives of at least four Iranian soldiers, according to the Islamic Republic’s Defense Ministry.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry denounced the strikes as a "clear violation" of international law, adding that Iran "considers itself entitled and obligated to defend itself."
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Hossein Salami claimed that Israel had “failed to achieve its ominous goals,” adding that the “bitter consequences will be unimaginable” for Israel. Tehran would use “all available tools” to respond, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warned.
On October 1, Iran launched 180 ballistic missiles toward Israel in response to the killings of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, and senior IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan. Israel vowed to respond at a time and in a manner of its choosing.