Iran issues chilling threat against Israel as Hezbollah drones preview larger attack

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Hezbollah terrorists say they launched a drone attack against Israel Monday as the country braces amid Iranian threats of a much larger assault.

Tensions between Israel and Iran and its terrorist proxies have threatened to burst into all-out war for weeks. Iran has threatened a larger assault after Hamas' top political leader was killed within its borders last week.

Hezbollah attributed Monday's strike as a response to alleged "attacks and assassinations" by Israel.

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed last week in Iran's capital and Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur was killed in Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed killing Shukur, but has not claimed responsibility for the death of Haniyeh.

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Iranian General Hossein Salami issued a stark threat to Israel following the killings.

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"They will see the result of their mistake. They will see when, how and where they will get their response," Salami said in a speech, adding that Israel was "digging its own grave."

Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said Monday that Iran has "the intrinsic right to provide for its own security and punish the aggressor," and "will definitely take serious