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Khamenei affirms that Israel “made a mistake for which it must be punished and will be punished”
April 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, has threatened this Wednesday to attack Iran if Iranian forces attack the country in response to the bombing carried out last week against the Iranian Consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which resulted in with the death of seven members of the Revolutionary Guard.
“If Iran attacks from its territory, Israel will respond and attack Iran,” Katz said in a brief message on his account on the social network He had stated from Tehran that “the evil regime made a mistake for which it must and will be punished.”
Thus, Khamenei said during an event in the capital of Iran that “when the regime attacks an Iranian Consulate in Syria it is as if it had attacked Iranian territory”, amidst the exchange of threats in the last week and speculation about the possible response. from Tehran, which could happen through a direct attack or through affiliated armed groups in the region.
“May God curse the usurper Zionist regime, which not only failed to stop the massacre of women, children and defenseless people during the month of Ramadan, but even intensified its killings. The bloodshed in Gaza during the month of Ramadan this year “it bothers Muslims all over the world,” he concluded.
Khamenei's words come just a few days after General Yahya Rahim Safav, advisor to Iran's supreme leader, warned that “no Embassy” of Israel “is safe” following the attack on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Damascus. “None of the Zionist regime's embassies are safe anymore,” he declared.
In response, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stressed that Israel has “completed preparations for a response to any scenario that may have to be developed against Iran,” amid fears about an expansion of the conflict in the Middle East.
