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Rhetoric between Iran and its adversaries sharpened, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicting the eventual fall of Iran's leadership while Iran's top armed forces commanders warned that any new conflict would engulf the region. Iranian officials, including army chief Amir Hatami, armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi, and an IRGC spokesperson, warned of a "crushing response" to further aggression and suggested any war would effectively be waged against the American people. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei demanded accountability for European countries that hosted "aggressor" forces, and Iran said it would keep documenting alleged US and Israeli war crimes for international legal action.