JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a direct message to Iranians on Tuesday that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's government feared the people of Iran more than Israel.

In second message within months, PM says regime fears its own citizens more than Israel; looks to future of blossoming ties, freedom and prosperity for Iranians The post Netanyahu to Iranians: Another attack on Israel would ‘cripple’ Iran’s economy appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump "see eye to eye on the Iranian threat".

Israel and Iran are standing on the verge of war after both nations fired rockets against each other. Iran stepped into the conflict in the Middle East after the Israeli military started attacking Tehran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Iran's supreme leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei on Tuesday over recent ballistic missile attack on Jewi.