Israel will defend itself by any means: Netanyahu
Israel's military acknowledged to had struck several sites and thwarted an Iranian attack on Israel using killer drones
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned his critics saying he will defend his country ‘by any means necessary’.
Reports BBC.
He made the statement following a surge of criticism after a series of recent Israeli air strikes across the Middle East.
It comes after reports of strikes against Iranian targets and Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
An Israeli official declined some of the attacks allegation on Monday.
Netanyahu also accused Iran of producing terror attacks saying, "Iran is working on a broad front to carry out murderous terrorist attacks against the State of Israel..... I call on the international community to act immediately so that Iran halts these attacks."
Israel's military rarely acknowledges operations in Syria, but said on Saturday that it had struck several sites and thwarted an Iranian attack on Israel "using killer drones".
Also on Monday US Vice-President Mike Pence tweeted that America "fully supports Israel's right to defend itself from imminent threats".
To curb Iranian influence, Israel is believed to have carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since the country erupted into civil war 2011.
On Sunday, two drones that the Lebanese army said were Israeli crashed in the southern Beirut district of Dahia, which is dominated by Hezbollah.
One of the drones hit a building that houses Hezbollah's media office, while the other exploded and crashed nearby, causing material damage.
A Palestinian militant group also also said on Monday that Israel had struck one of its positions in Lebanon's Bekaa valley.
Although Israel did not take responsibity for the attack but Lebanese President Michel Aoun has blamed Israel, saying it was "similar to a declaration of war".
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has also pledged that the group's fighters would shoot down any drones that entered Lebanese airspace.
Meanwhile, in Iraq, paramilitary factions blamed Israel for strikes on Sunday against military sites and weapons depots.
The country's President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi have called them an "attack on Iraqi sovereignty".
Israel has not officially declared it was behind those strikes either, but Mr Netanyahu has hinted at its involvement in a series of blasts over the last few weeks.
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon - a member of Israel's security cabinet - said on Monday: "There are things being attributed to us that aren't ours". However he would not go into detail.
Israel has put its military on high alert along its borders with Syria and Lebanon.
Also on Monday US Vice-President Mike Pence tweeted that America "fully supports Israel's right to defend itself from imminent threats".
