A senior Iranian military official describes missile shields deployed in the region to protect Tel Aviv as “inadequate”, saying ’all of Israel is within the Iran’s missiles reach.’

A senior Iranian military official describes missile shields deployed in the region to protect Tel Aviv as “inadequate”, saying "all of Israel is within the Iran's missiles reach."

“These missile shields which they have deployed in Turkey, occupied Palestine, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates cannot hit all our missiles,” Brigadier General Yahya Rahim-Safavi, who is also senior military adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday.

“They may hit some of our missiles, but the number of our missiles is so large that they will not be able to target our missiles,” ISNA quoted Rahim-Safavi as saying.

Referring to the Zionist entity's recent threats against Iran, Rahim-Safavi said Israelis are well-aware that if they begin a war, they will be attacked from Iran, southern Lebanon and by Hamas.

In past weeks Occupying entity has renewed its aggressive rhetoric against Iran. On Monday, Zionist Defense Minister Ehud Barak threatened that "time has come" to deal with Iran.

“People understand now that Iran is determined to reach nuclear weapons… And that should be stopped,” Barak claimed.

Zionist President Shimon Peres threatened on Nov. 6 that an attack against Iran is becoming "more and more likely."

Iranian officials have promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country, warning that any such measure could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East.