Iran’s high leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that Israel “must been punished and it may be” for , attacking , the Iranian military element in Syria.
In a big increase of Israel’s conflict with regional allies, suspected Israeli aircraft bombed Iran’s embassy on April 1 in a hit that Iran claimed killed seven military consultants.
In a speech to mark the conclusion of Ramadan, a Muslim holy month, Khamenei said,” When they attack the embassy, it seems as though they have attacked our soil.” He continued,” The evil plan made a blunder and must be punished and it may be.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz retorted Khamenei on Wednesday, saying that Israel would react if Iran attacked Israel on its ground.
Katz wrote in a blog on the social media platform X that” Israel will listen and strike Iran” from its own place.
Iran supports organizations that have risen in popularity in the area since Israel launched its invasion of Gaza in response to Hamas ‘ assault on southern Israel on October 7.
In the past six months of Jewish bombing of Gaza, 33 to 360 Palestinians have died.
Hamas ‘ Oct. 7 assault on Israel killed 1, 200 folks, according to Israeli counts.
Israeli-backed Syrian Hezbollah, backed by Iran, has been regularly engaged in firefights with Israel, while Kurdish groups have opened fire on US forces in Syria and Iraq, and Yemen’s Houthis have targeted shipment in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
