Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a message for the people of Iran as the ongoing retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel continues.

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Mr. Netanyahu said Israel was facing “difficult days, but great days” ahead. He also repeatedly invoked the Holocaust — the annihilation of European Jewry — as a reason not to treat a nuclear Iran lightly. “Together, with God’s help, we will ensure Israel’s eternity,” he said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at the launch of Operation Rising Lion, targeting Iranian nuclear sites, in a note placed in the Western Wall on Thursday, hours before the planned launch of strikes.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Iranian people on Friday, June 13 following a ballistic missile attack on the country. (GPO)

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin, in separate telephone conversations on Friday, told Iran's president that Moscow condemned Israel's actions against Tehran and told Israel's prime minister that questions around Iran's nuclear programme could only be solved through diplomacy.

Early Saturday, a second round of Iranian missile attacks triggered air raid sirens in Jerusalem as loud booms, likely from Israeli interceptors, reverberated across the capital.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to speak with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his office said. Starting last night, Netanyahu held discussions with other world leaders including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,