Netanyahu warns Iran may try to disrupt election, says 'don't test us'
- Netanyahu has focused heavily on hawkish national security statements in the final days of the campaign.
Netanyahu warns Iran against disrupting upcoming elections, threatening severe retaliation. He's campaigning heavily on national security, emphasizing his tough stance against Iran and its proxies.
- Netanyahu's security-focused election campaign strategy.
- Threats of "disproportionate blows" against Iran.
- Use of an AI-generated mushroom cloud image.
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran and its allies might try to disrupt Tuesday’s Israeli elections, warning the Islamic republic against any hostile acts.
The premier has campaigned heavily on his security credentials, touting the war he launched against Iran in February alongside the United States and suggesting that he alone can see it through.
“We have intelligence signs that our enemies, Iran and its proxies, could challenge us with attacks in order to disrupt the elections,” Netanyahu said in a video released by his office on Sunday.
“Don’t test us. You will suffer disproportionate blows,” he added, noting the military was ready for both defensive and offensive operations.
Earlier in the day, the premier posted an AI-generated image of a mushroom cloud engulfing Tel Aviv, alongside text attributed to a right-wing political commentator calling Iran an existential threat and arguing that all the other issues discussed this election season were trivial in comparison.
Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has focused heavily on hawkish national security statements in the final days of the campaign.
On Wednesday, he said he had sent a directive to Israel’s security forces to topple Iran’s clerical state. A day earlier, he posted a video of himself in front of a fighter jet speaking to US President Donald Trump by phone saying they would “finish the job” together.
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