'We have already responded to Israel': Iran denies involvment in attack targeting Netanyahu's residence

Iran has rejected Israel’s claim that it was involved in carrying out the strike that targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence on Saturday.

Tehran instead said that the drone launch was carried out by Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu, soon after his residence at Caesaria was attacked, said that the entire assault was planned by “agents of Iran”.

Hezbollah, however, has not taken responsibility for the attack yet.

However, according to IRNA, Iran’s permanent mission to the UN denied the allegations, saying that it had “already responded to the Israeli regime”.

‘Iran tried to kill me’

Netanyahu’s office said a drone was launched towards his residence in the central town of Caesarea but he and his wife were not home and there were no injuries.

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“The attempt by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake,” Netanyahu said in a statement.

“Anyone who tries to harm Israel’s citizens will pay a heavy price,” he said in comments directed at Tehran and “its proxies”, which include Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a group Israel has been at war with since late September.

Israel intensifies attack in Lebanon, Gaza

Meanwhile, on the war front, Israel has amplified its airstrikes in both Lebanon and Gaza resulting in the deaths of 100 over the weekend.

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Israel on Sunday struck Hezbollah’s command centre and an underground weapons manufacturing unit in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) said that it gave evacuation orders before conducting the airstrikes.

“Earlier this morning (Sunday), the IAF (Israeli air force) conducted an intelligence-based strike on a command centre of Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters and an underground weapons workshop in Beirut,” the military said in a statement.

Tens of thousands of people have fled the southern suburbs - once a densely populated zone that also housed Hezbollah offices and underground installations - since Israel began regular strikes there about three weeks ago.

With inputs from agencies