IRAN has threatened to take “pre-emptive action” against Israel in the “coming hours” sparking fears of an all-out war.
In a chilling warning, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said “all options are open” – and “resistance leaders” won’t allow Israel “to do whatever it wants in Gaza”.
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Tehran has repeatedly warned that a ground invasion of Gaza would be met with a response from other fronts.
Amir-Abdollahian said: “If we don’t defend Gaza today, tomorrow we have to defend against these (phosphorus) bombs in the children’s hospital of our own country.”
And he warned of imminent “pre-emptive action” against Israel.
“The possibility of pre-emptive action by the resistance axis is expected in the coming hours,” he told state TV.
“Leaders of the Resistance will not allow the Zionist regime to take any action in Gaza.
“All options are open and we cannot be indifferent to the war crimes committed against the people of Gaza.”
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said a ground invasion of Gaza would “open the gates of hell” – and spark chaos in the Middle East.
And in a chilling call with Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned of the “possibility of expanding the scope of war and conflict to other fronts”.
“If this happens, it will be more difficult to control the situation,” Raisi said, according to state news agency IRNA.
Israel declared war on Hamas after waves of its fighters stormed over the border on October 7 and killed more than 1,400 people – most of them civilians.
Israel responded by pummelling the Gaza Strip with non-stop air and artillery strikes that have wiped out entire neighbourhoods.
At least 2,750 people have been killed in Gaza, mostly civilians.
Iran celebrated the Hamas assault – but insisted it was not involved.
The international community now fears the opening of a second front in the conflict – with Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group joining its Hamas ally in the fight against Israel.
It comes as Israel prepares for a ground invasion into the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops will face a bloodbath battle through a maze of booby-trapped tunnels, intelligence documents revealed.
Military analysts are now convinced the October 7 atrocities were just the first phase of the Hamas masterplan.
Soldiers will be ordered into 300 miles of hellish rat-runs dubbed “The Gaza Metro”.
Hamas has built 40 tunnels under the Gaza border and a fearsome defensive network under Gaza City.
Experts warned the daunting underground mission against heavily armed Hamas terrorists will cost hundreds of Israeli lives.
Israel has paved the way for a ground assault by striking military targets including command centres and rocket launchers.
Fighter jets, artillery and drones continue to hammer Gaza.
Muataz Eid, a senior Hamas commander and the head of national security for the terror group’s southern district, was said to be among five senior officials who have been killed.
The enclave’s health ministry said 2,670 Palestinians were dead and 9,600 wounded.
Food and medical supplies are on the brink of collapse, while corpses litter the streets and officials warn of unprecedented suffering.
Israel has bowed to pressure to allow fuel tankers into Gaza to power hospital generators, hours after restoring water supplies.
But hopes of a lull in the fighting and the creation of a humanitarian corridor to allow foreign refugees to flee south into Egypt were dashed.
Meanwhile, at Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, more rockets were fired by Hamas’ terrorist allies Hezbollah, prompting the Israeli evacuation of civilians from 28 communities.
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