'CANCEROUS GROWTH'
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fanatics warn Israel will be ‘ERADICATED’ after pre-emptive strike threat over Gaza invasion
IRAN'S Revolutionary Guard has warned Israel it will be "eradicated" in another "shockwave" following the bloody Hamas terror outrage.
It came after Iran's chilling threat of a pre-emptive strike on Israel stoked fears of an all-out war in the Middle East.
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The fanatical regime threatened a strike in the "coming hours" and warned a Gaza invasion would open the "gates of hell".
Iran is a key backer of Palestine terror group Hamas, as well as Lebanon-based Hezbollah.
Ali Fadavi, deputy commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, said: "The resistance front's shocks against the Zionist regimes (Israel) will continue until this cancerous tumour is eradicated from the world map.
"Another shockwave is on the way if Israel does not end atrocities in Gaza."
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Israel declared war on Hamas after waves of its fighters stormed over the border on October 7 and killed more than 1,400 people - most of them civilians.
Israel responded by blasting Gaza with non-stop airstrikes that have wiped out entire neighbourhoods and killed nearly 3,000 people.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are now preparing for a ground invasion to wipe out the terrorists in their underground lairs.
Tehran has repeatedly warned that a ground assault on Gaza would be met with a response from other fronts.
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"The possibility of preemptive action by the resistance front is expected in the coming hours," foreign affairs minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told state TV.
"Leaders of the resistance will not allow the Zionist regime to take any action in Gaza.
"All options are open and we cannot be indifferent to the war crimes committed against the people of Gaza."
The foreign minister previously warned: "Iran cannot stand idly by and watch this situation unfold."
He told Al Jazeera: "It is highly probable that many other fronts will be opened.
"This option is not ruled out and this is becoming increasingly more probable."
The so-called "resistance front" is understood to refer to the alliance between Iran, Palestinian militant groups, Syria, Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah and other factions.
Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging fire across the Lebanese-Israeli border for days as tensions skyrocket in the region and people brace for a spiralling conflict.
Israel has already evacuated civilians living near the Lebanon border amid fears Hezbollah is on the brink of invading.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said a ground invasion of Gaza would "open the gates of hell" - and spark chaos in the Middle East.
And the shadowy Middle Eastern nation has one of the most lethal rocket collections in the world - as well as a warped army with a killer arsenal.
Iran has 575,000-strong army, and also has 350,000 reservists ready to draft in at any moment, figures from Global Fire Power reveal.
Meanwhile, Iran also has at least 4,071 tanks, 541 planes and helicopters and 19 submarines at its disposal.
But its most terrifying asset is its missile arsenal - this year, Iran unveiled its first ever hypersonic ballistic missile.
Dubbed "Fattah", the 3,800mph rocket was revealed by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards at a grand ceremony attended by President Ebrahim Rahisi in June.
And in a call with Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned of the "possibility of expanding the scope of war and conflict to other fronts".
“If this happens, it will be more difficult to control the situation,” Raisi said, according to state news agency IRNA.
The threat of an escalation in the war came as UN aid chief Martin Griffiths warned that the “spectre of death” is hanging over the entire region.
The international community fears the opening of a second front in the conflict.
Iran celebrated the Hamas assault - but insisted it was not involved.
IRGC deputy commander Ali Fadavi warned Israel will face another shockwave by the resistance front if its "atrocities" do not stop in Gaza.
Fadavi raged: "The resistance front's shocks against the Zionist regimes (Israel) will continue until this 'cancerous tumour' is eradicated from the world map.
"Another shockwave is on the way, if Israel does not end atrocities in Gaza."
At least 2,750 people have been killed in Gaza, mostly civilians.
As Israel prepares for a ground invasion into Gaza, troops will face a bloodbath battle through a maze of booby-trapped tunnels built by Hamas, intelligence documents revealed.
Military analysts are now convinced the October 7 atrocities were just the first phase of the Hamas masterplan.
Soldiers will be ordered into 300 miles of hellish rat-runs dubbed “The Gaza Metro”.
Hamas has built 40 tunnels under the Gaza border and a fearsome defensive network under Gaza City.
Experts warned the daunting underground mission against heavily armed Hamas terrorists will cost hundreds of Israeli lives.
Israel has paved the way for a ground assault by striking military targets including command centres and rocket launchers.
Fighter jets, artillery and drones continue to hammer Gaza.
Muataz Eid, a senior Hamas commander and the head of national security for the terror group’s southern district, was said to be among five senior officials who have been killed.
The enclave’s health ministry said 2,670 Palestinians were dead and 9,600 wounded.
Food and medical supplies are on the brink of collapse, while corpses litter the streets and officials warn of unprecedented suffering.
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Israel has bowed to pressure to allow fuel tankers into Gaza to power hospital generators, hours after restoring water supplies.
But hopes of a lull in the fighting and the creation of a humanitarian corridor to allow foreign refugees to flee south into Egypt were dashed.
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