Israel Vows Swift Retaliation Against Iran After Major Missile Strike”
After Iran launched its largest-ever attack on the Middle Eastern nation, Israel said that its war cabinet is considering its options and “will not sit idly by.” Iran fired a barrage of roughly 200 ballistic missiles at Israeli military targets, setting off the nation’s advanced defence systems and causing sirens to go off throughout Israel.
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday night, October 3, that “what happened last night was an unprecedented response, and as I said today in the Security Council, it will be a very strong, painful response. It will be soon.” “I think they know that we have the capabilities to reach any destination in the Middle East and it’s up to us to decide how to do it and what to target.”
Regarding Israel’s forthcoming response, Danon stated that “it should be the responsibility of the US and other Western democracies to block Iran from achieving nuclear capabilities. Otherwise, it will be too late.” When asked if Israel would heed US President Joe Biden’s advice that Iran’s nuclear site should not be targeted.
Danon stated that although Israel does not wish to see a conflict or an increase in hostilities, it will take revenge for Iran’s massive rocket launches.
“But we would have to make it a calculated response because we don’t want to see full war with Iran. And believe me, they also don’t want to see it. We have shown our capabilities when we fought Hamas in Gaza, and we are fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon. They better look at what happened in Beirut and Gaza before they start a war with us.”
