A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on October 27, 2024, shows him waving before a meeting in Tehran. AFP
"The evil perpetrated by the Zionist regime (Israel) two nights ago must not be exaggerated or minimised," he said in a post on X.
Without elaborating, he describing the deadly attack as a "miscalculation".
On Saturday, Israel carried out air strikes against military sites in Iran in response to Tehran's missile attack on October 1, itself a retaliation for the killing of Iran-backed militant leaders and a Revolutionary Guards commander.
At least four Iranian soldiers were killed in the attack which Iran said caused "limited damage" to a few radar systems.
The Israeli military has warned Tehran against responding.
Iranian officials and media have since downplayed the Israeli strikes, highlighting Iran's defensive capabilities but issued no vows of a direct response.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian paid tribute to the killed soldiers, hailing their efforts in "defending their land without fear."
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