Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that Iran would not go unpunished for plotting attacks through its proxies, speaking a week after a Revolutionary Guards colonel was killed in Tehran. which was imputed to Israel.

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Hassan Sayad Khodai, accused by Israel of plotting attacks against its citizens around the world, was shot dead while driving his car by two people on motorbikes. The tactic echoed earlier killings in Iran that focused on nuclear scientists and were widely pinned on the Mossad.

Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency said members of an Israeli intelligence network were discovered and arrested by the guards immediately after the shooting in Tehran.

Bennett’s office, which oversees the Mossad intelligence agency, declined to comment on the assassination.

However, in remarks broadcast to his ministers on Sunday, Bennett accused Iran of repeatedly targeting Israeli interests.

“For decades, the Iranian regime has practiced terrorism against Israel and the region through proxies, emissaries, but the leader of the octopus, Iran itself, has been granted immunity,” he said. Bennett.

“As we have said before, the era of Iranian regime immunity is over. Those who finance terrorists, those who arm terrorists and those who send terrorists will pay a heavy price,” he added.

Iran vowed to retaliate for Khodai’s death and pointed the finger at Israel.

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