Israel warns Iran will 'feel the consequences' after apparent drone assassination attempt on Israeli prime minister Netanyahu

Israel past nighttime accused Tehran of an assassination effort aft a drone carrying explosives was launched astatine the household location of Benjamin Netanyahu.

Neither the Israeli Prime Minister nor his woman Sara were astatine the spot successful the coastal municipality of Caesarea, betwixt Tel Aviv and Haifa, erstwhile the instrumentality was launched from Lebanon successful the aboriginal hours of yesterday.

It is understood to person struck a gathering adjacent Mr Netanyahu's large, white-brick residence. Last night, Mr Netanyahu said: 'The agents of Iran who tried to assassinate maine and my woman contiguous made a bitter mistake.

'This volition not deter maine and the State of Israel from continuing the warfare against our enemies to instrumentality our information for generations.

'I accidental to the Iranians and their partners successful the axis of evil: Anyone who harms the State of Israel volition wage a dense terms for it.'

It marked a play of heightened tensions successful the region, with Israeli officials condemning Iran and the Lebanese panic radical Hezbollah, which it backs, for the effort connected Mr Netanyahu's life. 

Israel past nighttime continued to weaponry the Jabalia exile campy successful Gaza, portion Lebanese authorities media reported caller strikes connected a Hezbollah stronghold adjacent Beirut, aft the Israel Defence Forces ordered residents to permission the superior city.

It came 2 days aft Israel killed Hamas person Yahya Sinwar, the designer of the October 7 massacre past twelvemonth which near 1,200 dormant and triggered the escalation successful unit betwixt Israel and Hamas.

Iran's ultimate leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday issued a rallying outcry pursuing Sinwar's death, vowing: 'Hamas is live and volition enactment alive.'

A elder Israeli authoritative blamed Iran for an '(attempt) to assassinate the Prime Minister of Israel', adding: 'The bid to motorboat the drone came straight from Tehran. It was a ample Iranian drone carrying an explosive payload, launched straight astatine the Prime Minister's residence successful Caesarea.

'This assassination effort volition person consequences that volition beryllium felt successful Tehran.'

And successful a defiant video connection earlier yesterday, Mr Netanyahu said: 'Two days agone we took retired Yahya Sinwar, the violent mastermind whose goons beheaded our men, raped our women, burnt babies alive.

'We took him retired and we are continuing our conflict with Iran's different violent proxies. We're going to triumph this war.'

Iran yesterday heralded the spot of its alleged 'axis of resistance' against Israel, which includes Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthi rebels successful Yemen, and Shiite militias successful Syria and Iraq. The ayatollah insisted that Sinwar's decease 'will not halt the axis of resistance' and that Hamas 'would unrecorded on'.

At slightest 50 people, including children, are thought to person been killed yesterday arsenic Israel continued to weaponry Gaza. The astir deadly strikes were successful the bluish metropolis of Jabalia, wherever much than 30 radical died and astatine slightest 8 were injured successful an overnight offensive.

The Palestinian wellness ministry said Israeli strikes had besides deed the precocious floors of the Indonesian Hospital successful adjacent Beit Lahiya.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer this play called connected the planetary assemblage to 'make the most' of Sinwar's decease and marque a renewed propulsion for peace.

Joining US, French and German counterparts, Mr Starmer said the leader's decease offered an 'opportunity' to measurement up ceasefire talks that person truthful acold failed to nutrient a breakthrough.