After Prime Minister Naftali Bennett wished the Iranian people a happy Nowruz (Persian new year), which was celebrated on Sunday, IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav sent out his own Nowruz greetings on Twitter and Facebook, in Farsi.
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Like Bennett, Kochav mentioned the many similarities between the Israelis and the Iranians, and wished the Iranian people a spring of hope.
"Missiles and drones do not solve Iran's major water crisis," Kochav pointed out.
The IDF was surprised to find that many Iranian social media users responded with their own cordial messages, although a few comments called for "death to Israel."
One user wrote, "The Iranian and Israeli nations are brothers and sisters." Another thanked Kochav "for his honor."
Some commenters even voiced opposition to the Iranian regime.
"We bless the IDF spokesman and hope that we Iranians may have a year without the Islamic Republic," one woman wrote, alongside an emoji of an Israeli flag.
Another user urged the IDF to "tear the [Iranian] religious people into shreds." Yet another commenter wrote, "Long live Iran, long live Israel."
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