Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, on Sunday, 18 Mordad 1405, in a cabinet meeting, referring to attacks by the Islamic Republic on countries in the region and beyond the region, said that Iran has not yet attacked Israel because it is aware of the consequences of such an action.

Netanyahu said: “Surely you have noticed this point that the Islamic Republic attacks all countries in the region, even outside the region, but there is one country that it does not attack—that is Israel. So far, it has not attacked; it may attack, but why hasn’t it attacked us these past several weeks? Because it knows that if it were to do so, we would deal it a powerful blow.”