Direct and decisive blow to Iranin response to the massive attack with 300 drones and missiles launched by the Tehran two hard-line Israeli ministers are asking, reports CNN’s correspondent in the region.

More specifically, the Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich urged for a response that would “resonate throughout the Middle East” and the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir he said Israel should “go crazy” and react accordingly.

Smotrich, head of his far-right party Religious Zionismsaid that if Israel hesitates, “we will be putting ourselves and our children in existential danger.”

Smotrich called this a “moment of truth,” saying, “If our response resonates throughout the Middle East for generations to come, we will win.”

Ben Gvir, the leader of the far-right party Jewish Powersaid Israel’s response should not be “weak” and that “the concepts of restraint and proportionality are concepts that died on October 7,” the day of the Hamas attack on Israeli territory.

Note that neither Smotrich nor Ben Gvir are members of Israel’s war cabinet.