Washington, June 8 -- The Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, has robustly defended his country's kinetic operations inside Iranian territory, asserting that "no self-respecting country" would tolerate the repeated missile barrages launched by Tehran against Israeli citizens.

Elaborating on the scope of the operation via a statement on social media platform X, the diplomat clarified that Israel's cross-border airstrikes are strictly targeted at specific surface-to-surface missile launch sites and non-energy infrastructure installations across Iran.

Connecting the ongoing regional operations to the wider multi-front theatre, Leiter pointed out that popular sentiment in neighbouring Lebanon has shifted heavily against...