Jerusalem does not seek war but will do “whatever it takes” to protect itself from Iran and its allies, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday.
Israel’s top diplomat spoke hours after the Israeli Air Force’s preemptive strike on Hezbollah in Lebanon, in a message sent to dozens of foreign ministers around the world, urging them to support Israel against Iran and its proxies.
“Israel acted after definitively identifying a large-scale planned attack of missiles and drones by the Hezbollah terrorist organization against targets in Israel, and we delivered a preemptive strike to prevent the assault and protect Israeli citizens and territory,” Katz wrote on X.
“Israel is confronting the axis of evil led by Iran which has the explicit aim of destroying Israel,” he added.
The pre-dawn Israeli strike foiled a major Hezbollah attack on Israel.
