JERUSALEM, Jan 3 — Israel's defence minister summoned the country's military and security chiefs to Tel Aviv today in the wake of the US air strike that killed senior Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani. As Iranian officials vowed revenge, the government of America's closest ally in the...
Friday, 03 Jan 2020 03:42 PM MYTJERUSALEM, Jan 3 — Israel's defence minister summoned the country's military and security chiefs to Tel Aviv today in the wake of the US air strike that killed senior Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.
“They will wait for the right moment to exact revenge, perhaps by firing into Israeli territory through Shiite militias in Syria and perhaps even from Gaza,” Ron Ben-Yishai, a commentator for Israeli news outletIn Gaza, Hamas — which has long enjoyed financial and military support from Tehran — condemned Soleimani's killing and sent its “dearest condolences” to Iran.
He added:"There are no further instructions to the residents of the Golan Heights area and routine activities continue as normal." Israeli media commentators said that ministers in Netanyahu's right-wing coalition government had been asked not to comment publicly on Soleimani's killing.
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