Iran is set to “harshly punish” Israel for allegedly eliminating Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, a senior commander of the Iranian Islamic Guard (IRGC) warns.
IRGC deputy chief Ali Fadavi declared that Iran preparing to attack Israel following the orders given by regime’s “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Reuters reported Saturday.
In a recent sermon, Khamenei vowed that Israel will face “harsh punishment” for the killing of “our dear guest in our house,” referring to Haniyeh, Hamas chief and key mastermind of the October 7 massacre.
Reuters reported the latest Iranian threat:
Iran is set to carry out an order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to “harshly punish” Israel over the elimination of , a Revolutionary Guards deputy commander said on Friday, according to Reuters.“The Supreme Leader’s orders regarding the harsh punishment of Israel and revenge for the blood of martyr Ismail Haniyeh are clear and explicit …and they will be implemented in the best possible way,” said Ali Fadavi, cited by Iranian media.
The IRGC is the military and foreign terrorist arm of the Iranian regime and has been behind repeated cross-border attacks on Israel by Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemen-based Houthis in the wake of October 7 attack. An impending ;arge-scale attack on Israel — as widely expected, will most likely be carried out or directed by the IRGC.
Amid warnings of an imminent attack from Iran and its proxies, the Israeli armed forces are gearing up to fight on multiple fronts.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week warned Iran and its terror proxies that they would pay a ‘heavy price’ for daring to attack Israel. “We are prepared for any scenario – both offensively and defensively,” the Israeli prime minister said. “We will respond and we will exact a heavy price for any act of aggression against us, from whatever quarter.”
In an overnight airstrike, Israel eliminated the head of Hamas’ intelligence operations in southern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Saturday. The slain terror commander, Walid al-Sousi, was also responsible for supressing opposition to Hamas rule in Gaza, news reports suggest.
“The IDF announced that it killed senior Hamas commander Walid al-Sousi in Gaza on Friday night,” Jerusalem Post reports. “Al-Sousi was head of Hamas’s General Security Apparatus in the Southern Gaza Strip. He was involved in managing intelligence and crushing resistance to the regime.”
Israel on Saturday destroyed a Hamas command and control center inside a Gaza school. The Hamas base was being used to orchestrate terror attacks on Israeli troops operating in northern Gaza, the IDF revealed.
“A short while ago, directed by IDF and ISA intelligence, the IAF precisely struck Hamas terrorists operating within a Hamas command and control center embedded in the Al-Taba’een school and located adjacent to a mosque in Daraj Tuffah, which serves as a shelter for the residents of Gaza City,” the IDF said in a press release Saturday. “The command and control center served as a hideout for Hamas terrorists and commanders, from which various attacks were planned and advanced against IDF troops and the State of Israel.”
The Israeli airstrike was meticulously planned to avoid civilian casualties. “Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and intelligence information,” the IDF statement added.
The military rejected dubios claims by the Hamas-run ‘Health Ministry’ that several civilians were killed in the strike.
The IDF expressed heavy skepticism toward the claim, saying the numbers appeared to have been inflated,” the Times of Israel reported Saturday. “The IDF said that according to its intelligence, at least 20 terror operatives, including “senior commanders,” were at the site when it was struck.”
The Israeli Air Force also took out a senior Hamas commander operating in Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon, the IDF confirmed.
“A short while ago, directed by IDF and ISA intelligence, an IAF aircraft struck in the area of Sidon in Lebanon, and eliminated the terrorist Samer Mahmoud al-Haj, a senior commander in the Hamas terrorist organization in Lebanon, who was responsible for advancing terror attacks and projectile launches from Lebanon toward Israeli territory,” the IDF disclosed Friday evening. “Samer operated as the military forces’ commander in the Ain al-Hilweh camp located in the area of Sidon and was responsible for the recruitment and training of terrorist to attack the State of Israel.”
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