Iran is the real threat to the security situation in the Middle East, the perpetrator behind the Hamas attacks of October 7 and the armed conflict that ensued, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog told Al Arabiya News in an exclusive interview on Sunday.“Clearly, as we see now, this war is being waged on us by the empire of evil, by Iran and its proxies,” he said during an interview with Riz Khan.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.He further implied that a plan for retaliation by Israel against Iran was still on the table but did not specify time or nature.Last week, Iran launched a large-scale retaliation attack on Israel firing volleys of missiles for the killing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran as well as Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah and an IRGC commander who were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut. Most of rockets launched were successfully intercepted with only one human casualty, according to Israeli statements.On October 7