DIRECT. Israel vows to strike ‘mercilessly’ Hezbollah in Lebanon, considers strike on Iranian army

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his American ally to consider striking the Iranian military, not Iran’s oil or nuclear infrastructure, in retaliation for Tehran’s firing of some 200 missiles at Israel, the Washington Post said. Monday.

On October 1, Iran launched some 200 missiles at Israel, an attack presented as a response to the assassination of Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, blamed on Israel, and of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as well as Iranian Revolutionary Guard general in Israeli strike near Beirut.

The Israeli Defense Minister promised a “deadly, precise and surprising” attack against Iran after this second such operation in less than six months.