Iran has rejected Israel’s claims that it was involved in the strike that targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence on Saturday.

Tehran instead said the drone launch was carried out by Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu, shortly after the attack on his residence in Caesarea, said the entire attack was planned by “agents of Iran.”

However, Hezbollah has not yet taken responsibility for the attack.

However, according to IRNAIran’s permanent mission to the UN denied the allegations, saying it had “already responded to the Israeli regime.”

“Iran tried to kill me”

Netanyahu’s office said a drone was launched toward his residence in the central city of Caesarea, but that he and his wife were not at home and there were no injuries.

“The attempt by Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy, to assassinate my wife and me today was a grave mistake,” Netanyahu said in a statement.

“Anyone who attempts to harm Israeli citizens will pay a heavy price,” he said in comments directed at Tehran and “its proxies,” including Lebanese Hezbollah, a group against which Israel has been at war since late September .

Israel intensifies attacks in Lebanon and Gaza

Meanwhile, on the war front, Israel has stepped up its airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza, killing 100 people over the weekend.

Israel on Sunday struck Hezbollah’s command center and an underground weapons manufacturing unit in Beirut, the Lebanese capital.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had issued evacuation orders before carrying out the airstrikes.

“Early this morning (Sunday), the IAF (Israeli Air Force) carried out an intelligence-based strike against a Hezbollah intelligence headquarters command center and underground weapons workshop in Beirut,” the army said in a statement.

Tens of thousands of people have fled the southern suburbs – once a densely populated area that also housed Hezbollah offices and underground facilities – since Israel began its regular strikes about three weeks ago.

With the contribution of agencies