Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, vowed on Saturday, November 2, to retaliate “scathing” to any attack by the United States and Israel, which announced having captured a “high-ranking Hezbollah agent” pro-Iranian during an operation by an elite unit in Lebanon.
The Israeli army continues its wars against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In the north of this territory, health conditions are deplorable after more than a year of bombing.
A few days before the presidential election on November 5 in the United States and despite international pressure, attempts to put an end to hostilities have remained in vain.
New deployments
In this explosive context, the United States announced on Friday new deployments in the Middle East, including means of defense against ballistic missiles, combat planes and bombers, which will arrive “in the coming months for the defense of Israel” and as a warning to Iran.
Unbombdiers B-52 Stratofortresses are already present in the Middle East, the US military announced on Saturday. “ The enemies, both the United States and the Zionist regime (Israel, Editor's note), must know that they will certainly receive a scathing response to their actions against Iran and the resistance front.warned Ali Khamenei in Tehran, whose country has been engaged in a cycle of attacks and responses with Israel in recent months.
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