Lion. Israel refers to the name Operations in Iran to Biblical Verses

Jerusalem. Israel called his military operation against Iran Backing lion (rising lion). This designation was taken from the biblical verses that promise the powerful Israel a winning future, Reuters wrote.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahua On Thursday they took a picture of the handwritten wish in the crack in the Jerusalem wall of the launch, which is the Holy Prayer of Judaism.

On Friday, his office published a photo of that ticket on which it was written: « The people should be lifted as a lion. »

This is a reference to verses 23: 24 Numegers, the fourth book of the Old Testament: « Behold, the people are lifting up the left, as the lion gets up. It does not lie until the prey turns yellows and drinks the blood killed. »

This verse is part of the first prophecy of Balam, a non -Israeli prophet and a fortune -teller who predicts the strength and power of Israel and compares him to the lion, who does not give himself peace until he feeds his hunger.

On Friday, Israel hit several sites in the capital Tehran. According to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, the aim was nuclear and military facilities.

The attack of the Israeli army described as « preventive » and was also focused on representatives of the Iranian nuclear program and its arsenal of ballistic missiles.

The strikes also hit one of the most important uranium enrichment facilities in Natanz in Isfahaan province in Central Iran.