Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened on Tuesday to conduct “heavy” missile and drone attacks on Israel in what it described as support for Lebanese and Palestinian civilians, Asharq Al-Awsat reports.
“We warn the regime’s criminal army that if its crimes against civilians in Lebanon and Palestine persist,” Israeli forces “will be the target of heavy missile and drone strikes”, the Guards said in a statement.
Iran is at war with Israel and the United States, while Israel is also battling Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israel’s military will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, defense minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, the first time Israel has clearly spelled out its intent to seize swathes of territory that make up nearly a tenth of Lebanon.
The military has destroyed five bridges over the river since March 13 and has accelerated the demolition of homes in Lebanese villages close to the Israeli border as part of a campaign that Israel says is aimed at Hezbollah and not Lebanese civilians.
