Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran on Tuesday that it was within range of Israeli airstrikes, citing Iranian threats to destroy Israel.
"Iran recently has been threatening Israel's destruction," Netanyahu said at an Israeli Air Force base, where he viewed a squadron of advanced US-built F-35 warplanes.
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"It should remember that these planes can reach anywhere in the Middle East, including Iran, and certainly Syria," he said in a YouTube video clip filmed at the base, with an F-35 in the background.
Iran began to enrich uranium to 4.5% purity this week, in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal with the west, which placed strict limits on its nuclear program. The Iranian decision has been confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday, drawing condemnation from Western countries.
US President Donald Trump warned Iran this week that it should tread carefully, hinting at a forceful US response to its breach of the deal.
The latest Iranian provocation comes amid ongoing tension in the Persian Gulf in recent weeks.
Last week, a senior Iranian parliamentarian was quoted by the Mehr news agency as saying that if the United States attacked Iran, Israel would be destroyed in half an hour.
Israel has long said that every option is on the table in ensuring that Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon, and has backed pledges to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in Syria by carrying out airstrikes there.
