“Hamas is and will remain alive” declares Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after Benjamin Netanyahu’s message of retaliation for the attack near his residence.

Iran’s supreme leader wrote this phrase in a post on the X platform just 24 hours after the death of Hamas leader Yahya Shinwar.

Netanyahu: Iran’s agents who tried to assassinate me will pay a heavy price

Earlier, in a new message after a Hezbollah drone targeted his home in Caesarea, Benjamin Netanyahu declared that an IDF attack on Iran is inevitable.

“The agents of Iran who tried to assassinate me and my wife today made a bitter mistake,” the Israeli prime minister said. It is noted that Mr. Netanyahu and his family were in Jerusalem at the time of the attack.

He made clear that the attack would not deter him from continuing the war, and that anyone who harmed Israelis would pay a “heavy price.”

“We will continue to exterminate your terrorists, we will bring back our hostages from Gaza, we will bring back our residents in the north,” pledged the Israeli prime minister.

“The drone was Iranian-made, the orchestrator was Iran itself,” earlier Israeli sources told SKAI’s Stavros Ioannidis, however there was concern that Israeli air defenses were penetrated.

Damage to Netanyahu’s home from the strike, which prompted Israel’s immediate retaliation in Beirut, is visible to the naked eye.

Mr Netanyahu spoke with Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson. The three said they were shocked by the attempt to assassinate the prime minister with a UAV.

The Iranian proxies who attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Netanyahu and his family today have once again exposed Iran’s true face and the evil axis it leads.

I fully support the Prime Minister’s statement and emphasize: Israel will continue to strike terrorists and their…

— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) October 19, 2024

The announcement of the Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz:

“The Iranian proxies who attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Netanyahu and his family today have once again exposed the true face of Iran and the satanic axis it leads.

I fully support the Prime Minister’s statement and stress: Israel will continue to strike terrorists and their donors with force and determination, wherever and whenever necessary, until we achieve all our goals.

Israel’s enemies will pay a heavy price for any attempt to harm our citizens, soldiers and leaders. We are committed to bringing back the hostages, bringing the people of the North back home and creating a new security reality that will guarantee our existence for generations to come.”