Israeli minister says Iran retaliation will be ‘deadly, precise and surprising’

Israel’s defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country’s retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack would be “deadly” and “surprising” as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden made their first phone call in seven weeks.
In Gaza, a major Israeli operation in the northern part of the Palestinian territory has left dozens dead and threatened to close three hospitals more than a year after the war with Hamas began, Palestinian officials and residents said.
The ongoing cycle of destruction and death in Gaza, triggered by the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel, comes as Israel expands a week-long ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon and plans a major retaliatory attack against Iran after October 1st. Iranian missile barrage against Israel. “Our strike will be deadly, precise and above all surprising. They will not understand what happened and how. They will see the results,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said of the retaliation against Iran, speaking during a visit Wednesday at an intelligence unit.
“Anyone who hits us will be hurt and will pay the price,” he added.
Iran fired dozens of missiles at Israel on October 1st. 1. Scale of the conflict between the two countries. Israel is debating how to respond to the Iranian attack, which the United States helped repel. Biden said he would not support a retaliatory strike against countries linked to Tehran’s nuclear program.
In northern Gaza, heavy fighting took place in Jabaliya, where Israeli forces carried out several major operations during the war and then turned back as militants regrouped. The entire north, including Gaza City, has suffered heavy destruction and has been largely cut off by Israeli forces since late last year. A missile fired from Lebanon killed two people in Kiryat Shmona, a town in northern Israel, and six others were stabbed and wounded in the town of Hadera on Wednesday. Police said the attacker had been “neutralized” and later said he had been arrested.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack in Kiryat Shmona, saying it was aimed at “a gathering of enemy forces.” Ofir Yehezkeli, the city’s acting mayor, said the two people killed were a couple walking their dogs.
Residents of Jabaliya, an urban refugee camp that dates back to the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation, said thousands of people have been trapped in their homes since the operation began on Sunday, while the ‘planes and drones of the Israeli troops went into the city and the troops fought militants in the streets.