Israel threatened to strike Iran if a “second front” opens

Israel could attack Iran if the Islamic Republic-backed Hezbollah group opens a “second front” in the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. About this in an interview with the Daily Mail reported Minister of Economy and Industry of the Jewish State Neel Barkat.

According to the minister, if Israel understands that the group is opening a “northern front”, the army will strike Iran.

“Iran’s plan is to attack Israel on all fronts. If we discover that they intend to attack Israel, we will not only strike back on these fronts, but we will also strike at the head of the snake, which is Iran,” Barkat said.

If the situation escalates, Lebanon and Hezbollah will pay a high price – similar to what Hamas will pay, but this is not enough, the minister believes. He said that Israel will begin to persecute the heads of Iran when it sees fit.

“Israel has a very clear message to our enemies. We tell them: look at what is happening in Gaza: they will do the same to you if you attack us. We are going to wipe you off the face of the Earth,” Barkat emphasized.

Meanwhile, Israeli government spokesman Eilon Levy stated The Times of Israel that the country is trying to avoid the opening of a northern front. “Israel’s position remains unchanged. Israel is not interested in a two-front war. Our main goal remains the defeat and dismantling of Hamas,” he said.

Scattered fighting between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel has continued since the Palestinian group Hamas attacked the Jewish state on October 7 and launched Operation Iron Swords in the Gaza Strip in response.

In a show of solidarity with the Palestinians, Hezbollah fired at three Israeli posts in the area of ​​the so-called Shebaa farm in the northeast of the country on the morning of October 8. Israel carried out retaliatory airstrikes on positions of Lebanese militants. On October 9, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said that Hezbollah had promised not to conduct military operations against Israel unless it began to “persecute” Lebanon.

On October 16, the first deputy head of Iran’s parliamentary commission on national security and foreign policy, Ebrahim Azizi, said that in the event of an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip against the country can “new battle fronts” will appear. According to him, this is a “red line” for Iran. Azizi added that a war on several fronts “could lead to the fall of Israeli power and statehood.” Prior to this, Iran’s permanent mission to the UN also warned that Tehran could intervene in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the event of an Israeli attack on the country’s territory.