Israel hit hard Iran's ability to defend itself and to produce missiles when its air force struck two nights ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
"The air force attacked throughout Iran. We hit hard Iran's defense capabilities and its ability to produce missiles that are aimed at us," Netanyahu said in a speech.
"The attack in Iran was precise and powerful, and it achieved all its objectives," he said.
He spoke a day after Israeli warplanes hit several military targets in Iran in retaliation for an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier this month.
Earlier on Sunday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Iranian officials should determine how best to demonstrate Tehran’s power to Israel after the attack, Iran's official IRNA news agency cited him as saying.
"The evil committed by the Zionist regime (Israel) two nights ago should neither be downplayed nor exaggerated," he added.
Iran on Saturday played down Israel's overnight air attack, saying it caused only limited damage, as US President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East.
Scores of Israeli jets completed three waves of strikes before dawn against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, Israel's military said.
Khamenei said Iran's power should be demonstrated to Israel, adding that the way to do so should be "determined by the officials and that which is in the best interest of the people and the country should take place".
Iran reserves the right to respond to Israel's "criminal aggression", Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told the United Nations Secretary-General in a letter calling for an urgent Security Council meeting, Iran's foreign ministry said on Sunday.
