Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks throughout a graduation event for militaries officers at the Imam Ali academy in Tehran, Iran, onOct 10, 2023.
WANA News Agency|Via Reuters
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated on Wednesday that Israel “must be punished and it shall be” for assaulting the Iranian embassy substance inSyria
In a significant escalation of Israel’s war with local foes, presumed Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital on April 1 in a strike that Iran stated eliminated 7 military advisors.
“When they attack the consulate, it is as if they have attacked our soil,” Khamenei stated in a speech marking completion of the Muslim holy month ofRamadan “The evil regime made a mistake and must be punished and it shall be,” he included.
In an obvious reaction to Khamenei, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz stated on Wednesday that Israel will react if Iran attacks Israel from its own soil.
“If Iran attacks from its own territory, Israel will respond and attack in Iran,” Katz stated in post on the social networks platform X.
Iran backs groups that have actually gone into the fray throughout the area given that Israel released its intrusion of Gaza following theOct 7 attack on southern Israel byHamas
Some 33,360 Palestinians have actually been eliminated in 6 months of Israeli barrage ofGaza Hamas’Oct 7 attack on Israel eliminated 1,200 individuals, according to Israeli tallies.
The Iran- backed Lebanese Hezbollah group has actually exchanged fire on an everyday basis with Israel, while Iraqi groups have actually fired on U.S. forces in Syria and Iraq and the Houthis of Yemen have actually targeted shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
