The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuraised his voice this Thursday and expressed his chest that Israel now has “more freedom of action than ever in Iran”, and assured that the country can reach “any point” of the Islamic Republic.
“The biggest goal I have set for the army and security forces is prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons“, the president said at a military graduation ceremony, adding that, “for obvious reasons, “he cannot provide further details on his plans” for achieve this supreme objective. »
In his speech, Netanyahu defended the offensives against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, saying that Israel will no longer have “terrorist armies” on its borders.
He also reiterated his position that any agreement end the fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon must give Israel the opportunity to guarantee compliance with its obligations.
The Minister of Defense also participated in the event, Yoav Gallantand the Israeli chief of staff, Herzi Halevi.
The outbreak of the war in Gaza in October last year and, for a month now, the escalation of the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon have contributed to blur the taboos that once characterized relations between Iran and Israel.
In April, Iran attacked the country for the first time with hundreds of missiles and drones, which was followed by a second attack in October in response to Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in Beirut and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an unofficially acknowledged attack on Tehran.
Tel Aviv, for its part, confirmed for the first time having directly attacked Iran last weekendin response to the October attack.
Since then, senior Israeli officials, such as Halevi himself, have warned Tehran against “mistake” which would mean attacking Israeli territory again.
Israel’s attack last weekend, in response to thelaunch of around 180 missiles by Iran in early October, caused the death of four soldiers, a civilian and damaged certain radars, according to Iranian authorities.
Israel, for its part, claims to have attacked “missile manufacturing factories, surface-to-air missile formations and Iranian air capabilities,” according to a Defense Ministry statement.
