Israel announced that Iran had targeted a large number of its websites with a cyberattack, after a Twitter conversation between Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The story started yesterday when Khamenei tweeted, saying that Israel practiced "state terrorism", adding that since its foundation, "Zionists have acted as a cancerous tumor and they achieve their goals by slaughtering children, women and men."
He added, "The removal of Israel does not mean the removal of the Jewish people; we have nothing to do with them. It is the removal of that usurping entity." He also promised that his country would support "every country or group fighting the Zionist entity."
Netanyahu responded via Twitter, saying "Khamenei's threats to a final solution are reminiscent of the Nazi scheme of a final solution to the elimination of the Jewish people," adding that any regime that threatens Israel's removal would find itself in a similar danger.
In the latest developments, the official Israeli radio said today, Thursday, that Iran had targeted a large number of Israeli websites with a cyberattack.
The attack showed a drawing of the city of Tel Aviv, which was burning with anti-Israeli messages, on the occasion of what Iran called "Jerusalem Day", which falls on Friday.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the attack targeted the websites of local authorities, private companies and restaurants, and did not cause any harm to the ministries or strategic facilities.
The "Jerusalem Day" is revived on the last Friday of the month of Ramadan in Iran, and is usually marred by marches in a number of Arab countries.
It should be noted that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned Khamenei's comments, and said on Twitter, "The United States denounces Supreme Leader Khamenei's inflammatory and anti-Semitic comments. They have no place on Twitter or any other social media platform."