Iran 'ongoing threat' to Israel, says president
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog says the Jewish state faces an ongoing threat from Iran and its proxies one year after the Oct7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
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JERUSALEM - President Isaac Herzog said on Oct 5 that Iran remains an “ongoing threat” to Israel, a year after the unprecedented Oct 7 attack on Israel
“In many senses we are still living the aftermath of Oct 7... It is in the ongoing threat to the Jewish State by Iran and its terror proxies, who are blinded by hatred and bent on the destruction of our one and only Jewish nation state,” Mr Herzog said, in a statement to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas onslaught.
On Oct 1, Iran struck Israel with about 200 missiles
US officials told American news outlets after Iran’s earlier strike in April
Iran had targeted Israel with drones and missiles after a deadly strike, which it blamed on Israel, against Tehran’s embassy consular annex in Syria.
The latest missile barrage from Iran came, it said, in retaliation for the killings of top militant leaders.
In response to the missile fire, most of which was intercepted, Iran and much of the international community is now bracing for a potential Israeli attack on the Islamic republic.
The attack by Palestinian militants Hamas almost a year ago triggered war with Israel that continues in the Gaza Strip, as well as supporting fire from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East, mainly Lebanon’s Hezbollah which is armed and financed by Iran.
Since late September the conflict with Hezbollah has escalated into full-on war. AFP
