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Israel FM says Iran ‘deserves to be destroyed’ for promising to defend Lebanon
Israel continues to threaten all-out war against Hezbollah and Lebanon after failing to destroy Hamas in Gaza
JUN 30, 2024
Foreign Minister Israel Katz (Photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on 30 June that Iran deserves to be destroyed for vowing to support Hezbollah in resisting a possible all-out Israeli war on Lebanon.
In a post on social media Friday, Iran’s mission to the UN said that Tehran considers Israel’s threats to invade Lebanon as “psychological warfare,” but “should it embark on full-scale military aggression, an obliterating war will ensue.”
In response, the Israeli foreign minister stated on social media, “A regime that threatens destruction deserves to be destroyed.” He also said Israel will act with “full force” against Hezbollah if it does not stop firing at Israel from Lebanon and withdraw from the border.
Hezbollah began exchanging fire with Israel on 8 October, following the start of Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinians of Gaza. Hezbollah rockets, missiles, and drones have destroyed significant Israeli military and surveillance infrastructure near the border and displaced over 100,000 residents from Israel’s northern settlements.
The Iranian mission also said that if Israel invades Lebanon, “all options, including the full involvement of all resistance fronts, are on the table.”
Resistance factions in Iraq and Yemen continue to coordinate with Iran and Hezbollah to oppose Israel’s ongoing genocide.
Though Katz is a member of Israel’s security cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz are viewed as dictating Israel’s war policy.
Netanyahu said last week that the “intense phase of the war with Hamas is about to end” and that the army’s focus may shift to Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.
The Israeli military claimed in January that it had dismantled Hamas’ military infrastructure in northern Gaza.
However, the Palestinian resistance movement, along with other groups, including Al-Quds Brigade, Mujahideen Brigades, and Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, continue to fight occupying Israeli troops across Gaza.
Over the past three days, major fighting between fighters from Hamas’ armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, and Israeli troops has been taking place in Shujaiya and Tal al-Hawa in northern Gaza, as well as in the southernmost city of Rafah.
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