Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, after an Iranian
missile strike on U.S.-led forces in
Iraq, that Israel would hit back hard against anyone who attacked his country.
Netanyahu reiterated his praise for U.S. President
Donald Trump for the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani last week, calling it a bold move.
Without directly referencing Iran's missile strikes overnight, in what Tehran called retaliation for the general's death in Baghdad, Netanyahu said in a speech in Jerusalem that Israel stood beside the United States.