Yoav Galant, Israeli Defense Minister, expressed on Sunday his hope that Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah would not expand the war in the Middle East.

This Sunday evening, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority quoted Gallant as saying, “Both Iran and Hezbollah must know that whoever harms us in a new way, we will likely harm them in a way that the Israeli army has not used before.”

At a time, the channel also quoted the Israeli Chief of Staff, General Herzi Halevi, as conducting an assessment of the security situation in the northern region of his country, after he conducted an inspection visit to the same region, yesterday, Saturday.

Earlier, Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations confirmed, on Friday evening, that Iran hopes that the response to the assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, will be “limited to a time frame and carried out in a way that does not harm the ceasefire.” “Possibly” in the Gaza Strip.

The mission said in a statement: “Our priority is to reach a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and we will recognize any agreement that Hamas accepts. The Israeli regime violated our national security and sovereignty with its recent terrorist attack,” referring to the killing of Haniyeh.

The mission added: “We have a legitimate right to self-defense. This is an issue that has absolutely nothing to do with the ceasefire in Gaza, but we hope that our response will be timely and implemented in a way that does not harm the potential ceasefire.”

Fears are increasing about the outbreak of a broad regional conflict with Iran and its allies vowing to respond to the assassination of the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, in an operation attributed to Israel, and the assassination of the prominent leader of Hezbollah, Fouad Shukr, with an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. With the United States strengthening its military presence in the region.