An Israeli government minister warned on Monday that Israel would respond to any "Iranian attack by destroying that country", public radio reported. "An Iranian attack against Israel would trigger a tough reaction that would lead to the destruction of the Iranian nation," National Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said."Iranians are aware of our strength but continue to provoke us by arming their Syrian allies and Hezbollah," he claimed during a meeting at his ministry. Ben-Eliezer, a member of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet, stressed however that the "Iranians were unlikely to attack as they understand the meaning of such an act."
Last month, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told visiting US Vice President Dick Cheney that "no option would be ruled out in Israel's bid to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons".
Ben-Eliezer also stressed that an ongoing "five-day home front defense exercise was not meant to threaten Israel's neighbors, but the scenarios considered in the exercise could be reality tomorrow." "Israel could one day find itself in a situation in which hundreds of rockets rain down on Jerusalem and Tel Aviv", he said.
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