New Delhi:
Iran's missile offensive against Israel was a “terrible mistake” and Tel Aviv has its best chance in fifty years to change the face of the Middle East, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said. In a post on
“Israel now has its greatest opportunity in fifty years to change the face of the Middle East. Iran's leadership, which used to be good at chess, made a terrible mistake tonight. We must act *now* to destroy Iran's nuclear weapons. program, the central energy facilities, and to fatally cripple this terrorist regime,” Mr. Bennett wrote.
Bennett, a former commando in Israel's elite Sayeret Matkal unit, heads the New Right party and served as prime minister from June 2021 to June 2022. He succeeded Benjamin Netanyahu after he was ousted as prime minister in 2021.
Israel now has its greatest opportunity in fifty years to change the face of the Middle East.
Iran's leadership, which used to be good at chess, made a terrible mistake tonight.
We must act *now* to destroy Iran's nuclear program and its central energy facilities, and to…
— Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט (@naftalibennett) October 1, 2024
Mr Bennett described Iran as the head of the octopus of terror. “To strike the head of the octopus of terror, who in his cowardice sent his tentacles (Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, etc.) to kill us, while the Ayatollahs were safe in their palaces in Tehran. The octopus' tentacles are temporarily paralyzed – now comes the head. We must eliminate this terrible threat to our children's future,” he said in the post. “We can give the Iranian people a chance to rise up and shake off the regime that tyrannizes its women and daughters,” the former prime minister added.
Iran's missile offensive against Israel followed the assassinations of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during Israeli military operations. While Tel Aviv's advanced defense systems intercepted many of the missiles launched by Tehran, many others landed. However, there have been no casualties in Israel.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said the attack was “in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations” and followed “a period of restraint” following an “attack on the sovereignty” of Iran – a reference to the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last year. July. The IRGC said the missiles targeted “three military bases” around Tel Aviv, as well as air and radar bases.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Iran has made a “big mistake” and warned it will “pay for it.”
In his post on X, Mr Bennett said: “We have the justification. We have the tools. With Hezbollah and Hamas paralyzed, Iran is exposed. Over the past terrible year, Iranian tentacles have been killing our families. Our daughters raped. Kidnapped. Our children have plundered our cities. Our fields burned to the ground. Terrorized children in Kiryat Shmona, Kfar Aza and Sderot.
“This is the moment. A Nation of Lions has united and proven its strength over the past year. It has longed for change, for action, for so long. There are times when history knocks at our door, and we must open This opportunity should not be missed,” the former Prime Minister added.
