Israeli and Iranian leaders have now exchanged warning threats, highlighting the deepening crisis between their nations.
Israeli Prime Minister and Iran’s President have exchanged threats — Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a firm response to any threats, while Masoud Pezeshkian pledged retaliation.
At a ceremony in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation with a resolute tone.
Amid a backdrop of rising regional tensions, Netanyahu declared, “Anyone who harms our country will be held accountable. Iran and its proxies seek to surround us with a stranglehold of terror on seven fronts.
Their visible aggression is insatiable, but Israel is not helpless.
We are determined to stand against them on every front, in every arena, far and near.
Anyone who murders our citizens, anyone who harms our country will be held accountable.
He will pay a very heavy price.”
Netanyahu’s comments come in the wake of nearly ten months of conflict in Gaza and the recent assassinations of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas’ top political leader in Iran.
The heightened hostilities have raised fears of further escalation and retaliation from Iran and its allies.
On his part, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, calling it a violation of international law.
“The assassination of a guest of the Islamic Republic of Iran was an act that violated all international laws,” Pezeshkian said.
“It was a grave mistake by the Zionists.
The audacity will not go unanswered.”
According to media reports, Iranian officials told Arab diplomats that Tehran does not care if an attack on Israel triggers a regional war. But this can also be part of a psychological war both sides have launched.
Israel’s channel 12 said that Israel’s security establishment is considering the possibility of “preventive actions or attacks” it could initiate, “including in Lebanon or perhaps in other places as necessitated.”
Siamak Javadi, an economics professor and researcher at the University of Texas, told Iran International, “Aside from its military aspect, war is a full-scale economic project.
You can’t wage war with an empty pocket.”
Comparing gross domestic product, per capita national income, and inflation and unemployment rates in Iran and Israel, he added that the Islamic Republic is financially and economically incapable of engaging in a full-scale war with Israel.
Hossein Aghaei, a researcher in international relations and strategic affairs, also told Iran International, “The Islamic Republic is caught in the strategic trap or chain reaction game set by Israel.”
He added that the Iranian government finds itself in a “difficult and enigmatic” situation and has no choice but to provide a “direct and proportionate response” to Israel in order to restore its deterrent power.
Aghaei warned that if the Islamic Republic engages in “a high-risk game” and initiates a “comprehensive and multi-front” conflict against Israel, the region could be drawn into a major military confrontation.
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15 civilians have now been killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school, hours after two strikes in the occupied West Bank killed nine.
Over the past day, Israel has carried out a series of airstrikes in Gaza and the occupied West Bank that have resulted in significant Palestinian casualties.
In the West Bank, two Israeli airstrikes killed a total of 9 Palestinians, including a commander from the Hamas Tulkarm brigades and other fighters from the Islamic Jihad group.
The strikes targeted vehicles and groups of people.
In Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced persons killed at least 15 Palestinians in Gaza City.
Earlier in the day, other Israeli strikes in Gaza killed 6 people in a house in Rafah and 2 others in Gaza City.
The latest violence comes amid a broader escalation in the region following the recent assassination of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and the killing of a top Hezbollah commander in an Israeli strike in Beirut.
Hamas has denied Israeli accusations that it operates from civilian facilities like schools and hospitals.
However, the Israeli military is defending the strikes as necessary to target Palestinian resistance fighters.
The violence has dampened hopes for a breakthrough in ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Gaza, which had been ongoing with the involvement of Egyptian mediators.
The high-level Israeli delegation that visited Cairo on Thursday returned to Israel without any apparent progress.
Overall, the situation remains tense, with the cycle of violence and retaliation between Israel and Palestinian factions showing no signs of abating nearly 11 months into the ongoing Gaza war, per the Gulf Times.
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