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

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".

Your regime fears you; another attack on Israel would paralyze Iran’s economy appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that Israel has defeated Hezbollah and called the elimination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again addressed the people of Iran directly in a video, saying their leadership is wasting money with attacks on Israel that could be invested in their future.

In an English-language video statement addressed to the Iranian people, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that a third Iranian attack on Israel “would simply cripple Iran’s economy.” “It would rob you of many more billions of dollars,