Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that Iran&s message of an &obliterating war& made it worthy of destruction.&A regime that threatens destruction deserves to be destroyed,& Katz said in a post on X.He also said Israel will act with full force against Iran-backed Hezbollah if it does not stop firing at Israel from Lebanon and move away from the border, Reuters reported.Iran&s UN mission said on Friday that if Israel embarks on a &full-scale military aggression& in Lebanon, &an obliterating war will ensue.&The Iranian mission also said in the post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that in such an event &all options, incl.

the full involvement of all resistance fronts, are on the table.&Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israel since October, in parallel with the Gaza war.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said this week they prefer a diplomatic path to resolving the situation.Though Katz is a member of Israel&s security cabinet, war policy has largely been led by Netanyahu and a small circle of ministers that includes Gallant, who visited Washington this week for talks on Gaza and Lebanon. Related stories:Israel storms Gaza City neighborhood, orders Palestinians to go southIsraeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza City, health officials sayThe post Israel FM to Iran: regime threatening destruction deserves destruction first appeared on Ariana News.