# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his country will hold off on attacks on Iran for now, but warned they will respond forcefully if attacks resume. Israel and Iran traded strikes for the first time since the ceasefire was agreed in April. Netanyahu says after Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired into Israeli territory, he ordered the Israeli Defence Force to attack terrorist targets in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and eliminate Hezbollah operatives there, which they did. He adds that Israel has the right to self-defence.
Netanyahu says Israel is holding off from striking Iran ‘for now’