Liberman calls to target Iran’s ‘strategic facilities, military and political elite’

By Sam Sokol 19 October 2024, 9:27 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting in the Knesset, July 15, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Hezbollah’s drone attack on the premier’s private residence earlier today is “further proof that the Iranian regime has no red lines, and its stated goal is the destruction of the ’Zionist entity,’” declares Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman.

The hawkish opposition politician calls for the government to “demand that all democratic countries immediately condemn this attempt to harm the prime minister and his family” and states that now “is the time to act and exact a heavy price” from Tehran by targeting the country’s “strategic facilities” and “military and political elite.”