The Israeli Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, has once again issued a serious warning to Iran this Thursday, reiterating that any aggression against the country will face a "powerful response" from the Israeli forces. As he emphasized, Israel's potential counterattack would make the Asian country "recede several decades" and leave "the regime of the ayatollahs even more destabilized."
"In light of the possibility that, due to economic strangulation and the strong pressure it is under, Iran decides to act against Israel, I warn once again the Iranian leaders: any attack against Israel, for any reason and anywhere, will receive a strong response that will inflict severe, unprecedented damage on Iran," he stated.
In this regard, he underscored that the Israeli retaliation would directly target "its main energy facilities, which supply resources and capabilities to the Iranian war and terror apparatus, as well as to the integrity of the citizens of the State of Israel," before remarking that "such a blow would make Iran retreat decades and further destabilize the regime of the ayatollahs."
Katz has disseminated this message on the occasion of Rosh Hashaná --a holiday that marks the beginning of the new Jewish year-- and has assured that the Iranians "detest" the authorities that emerged after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, insisting that the citizens of the country "fervently" desire the end of that system. "To the Iranian people: I hope that next year Tehran is free from oppression and tyranny," he concluded.
The Israeli Defense official has multiplied warnings and threats directed at Tehran in recent days in light of the possibility of attacks against Israel during the upcoming holiday period, in a context marked by the escalation of tension in the Middle East following the surprise offensive launched on February 28 by U.S. and Israeli forces against Iran.
In parallel, the United States has carried out several waves of bombings over Iranian territory in recent days, to which Tehran has responded with attacks against U.S. interests in the region. All of this occurs while the dialogue mediated by Pakistan, which seeks an agreement to end the war triggered by the aforementioned offensive, remains blocked.