Tehran says it is ready for harsher response to Israel

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, issued a statement following Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon and the suburbs of Beirut.

“Despite previous warnings from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the child-killing Zionist regime, by crossing all red lines and increasing attacks in southern Lebanon, has targeted Beirut’s Dahiyeh,” the statement said.

According to him, Iran had previously warned that if military operations in the Dahiyeh area expanded, strikes would be carried out against targets in the occupied territories.

“The Zionist army must stop its attacks on southern Lebanon and Dahiyeh, and in case of the expansion of its attacks on that region or responding to Iran’s action, it will face more crushing and regrettable blows and destructive attacks against the regime and its supporters will begin,” the statement added.