“Miscalculation in Beirut exhausted patience and the order was given. Zero hour has struck and the launchers are being prepared,” Velajati wrote. Khamenei's adviser added that “if Israeli antics in Lebanon do not stop, the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb will squeeze your economic arteries so tightly that it will lead to strategic strangulation.”
Sunday's attack on Lebanon
On Sunday morning, Iran-backed Hezbollah fired drones at Israel. Israel responded by attacking the terrorist organization's command center in southern Beirut.
Iranian commanders announced retaliation. An adviser to Iran's supreme leader, Mohammad Mokhber, wrote on the X platform that Tehran would teach the attackers “a lesson they will regret.”
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir announced Sunday evening that the Israel Defense Forces is ready for a potential Iranian missile attack in the coming hours, and the home front should be on high alert.
Israeli officials told the Jerusalem Post that if Iran launched an attack, Israel would respond. — There is no scenario in which Iran fires at us and Israel does not respond. That would be unthinkable, one Israeli official said.
