(JNS) Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi on Tuesday, Oct. 29 warned that Jerusalem retains the capacity to strike strategic sites in Iran if the mullahs continue directly attacking the Israeli home front.

“If Iran makes the mistake of launching another missile barrage at Israel, we will once again know how to reach Iran, with capabilities that we did not even use this time, and strike very, very hard at both their capabilities and locations that we set aside for now,” said Halevi, referring to Israel’s retaliatory strikes on the Islamic Republic overnight Friday.

According to the IDF, dozens of aircraft, including refuelers and spy planes, conducted “waves” of attacks over the course of a few hours across several regions of Iran. The targets included missile and drone manufacturing facilities and launch sites, as well as air-defense batteries.

“We did this for a very simple reason: because we may be required to do this again,” said Halevi on Tuesday. “This event is not over; we are still in the midst of it,” he added. “Looking forward, I say this to you: We are highly prepared across all fronts. We are operating in Lebanon, in Gaza, fighting terrorism in Judea and Samaria, and in other distant arenas.”

In his first public remarks since the Iran strikes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday stated that the operation, dubbed “Days of Repentance,” was a success.

“This is an existential war, a war on seven fronts, against the axis of evil led by Iran,” said Netanyahu. “And in war, as in war—we exact a heavy toll on those who seek our lives,” he added. “Three weeks ago, after we eliminated Iran’s top emissary, the arch-terrorist Hassan Nasrallah, Iran attacked Israel with hundreds of ballistic missiles. That attack failed. We promised then that it would be met with firmness—and in the early hours of Saturday morning, we fulfilled that promise. The air force struck across Iran, severely damaging its defense capabilities and its capacity to produce missiles aimed at us.”