Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch said on Sunday that if Iran made a "mistake" and decided to respond to the Israeli attack last October, it would allow his country to continue implementing its strategy in the region.

This came in statements made by the minister from the ruling Likud party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to the Israeli Army Radio.

"If Iran makes a mistake and decides to respond (to the Israeli attack), perhaps there will be an advantage in that, because it will allow us to continue implementing our strategy," Kish said, without giving further details.

The army radio described the Israeli minister's statements as "surprising."

On the dawn of October 26, the Israeli army announced that it had launched a 4-hour attack on Iran, which confirmed that it had "successfully confronted the Zionist entity's attempts to attack some points in Tehran and the country," while the attack led to the killing of 4 Iranian soldiers, according to an official statement.

Since then, Israel has raised its alert level by deploying the US THAAD air defence system, in anticipation of an Iranian response.

Earlier on Sunday, Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman said: "I expect that Iran will not attack Israel before the US elections (scheduled for the day after tomorrow, Tuesday), and we must strike it and not wait."

"There must be a crushing response to Iran that includes all of their energy infrastructure and nuclear facilities," Lieberman, a former defense minister, told the Hebrew newspaper Maariv.

He warned against a weak response to Iran, saying: "We cannot afford another war of attrition against Iran, and we must deal it a crushing blow."

On Saturday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei threatened both the United States and Israel with a "harsh response" for what the two countries did against Tehran.

Khamenei said in a speech to a large group of students in the capital, Tehran, on the occasion of "Student Day": "We will do whatever is necessary on the military level, armament or political action to confront...

Arrogance, and the authorities are currently busy doing this.”

The latest Israeli attack came after Iran fired more than 180 rockets at Israel in early October, in an attack that Tehran said was "revenge" for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas's political bureau; Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah; and Revolutionary Guard commander Abbas Nilforoushan.