(Fox News) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a warning to Hezbollah following its alleged assassination attempt against him and his wife, calling it a “grave mistake.”
“The attempt by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake,” Netanyahu wrote in a X post Saturday. “This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing our just war against our enemies in order to secure our future.”
Issuing a stark warning to Iran and the “Axis of Resistance,” which includes Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, the prime minister said Israel is determined to achieve its war objectives following the Oct. 7 attack and “change the security reality in our region for generations.”
“I say to Iran and its proxies in its axis of evil: Anyone who tries to harm Israel’s citizens will pay a heavy price; We will continue to eliminate the terrorists and those who dispatch them; We will bring our hostages home from Gaza; And we will return our citizens who live on our Northern border safely to their homes,” he wrote.
“Israel is determined to achieve all our war objectives and change the security reality in our region for generations to come,” Netanyahu said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with soldiers on the Israel-Lebanon border. (Haim Tzach/Israeli Prime Minister’s Office)
Netanyahu’s vow to hold Hezbollah accountable came after a UAV was launched towards his private residence in the coastal city of Caesarea on Saturday morning.
Netanyahu and his wife were not home when the incident happened, his spokesperson told Fox News.
No injuries were reported in the incident. Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu had not been at his private residence for several days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Defence Ministry. (Jacquelyn Martin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The Israeli military said that three drones had been fired from Lebanon on Saturday towards the prime minister’s house, but two had been intercepted.
There were reports of some minor damage to the residence but Fox News Digital couldn’t confirm that report.
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