‘Fight not over’: Netanyahu’s new warning for Iran over nukes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday said the joint US-Israeli military campaign against Iran saved his country from what he described as the threat of “nuclear annihilation,” while warning thatgt;> pic.twitter.com/P0k9WU20AK
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“We neutralised their nuclear scientists, decapitated the leaders of the terror regime, crushed the nuclear facilities, destroyed missiles, and destroyed the overwhelming majority of factories producing missiles,” he said.
“We saved the State of Israel from annihilation,” Netanyahu told reporters, listing what he portrayed as the operation’s key achievements.
Iran will not get the bomb with or without a deal
Netanyahu drew a firm red line on Iran’s nuclear future. Terming it a “life’s mission”, he said “With an agreement or without an agreement, inside Iran was impossible, comparing it to predicting the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Opposition leaders reacted sharply to Netanyahu’s press conference, assailing his claims that the war’s main goals were achieved even though Tehran’s regime was not replaced. “It would have been better for him to say, ‘I erred, I set false goals that I wasn’t able to achieve,’” said Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot.
Netanyahu, who faces a corruption trial, is under mounting pressure at home over his handling of the war and his limited influence over Washington’s negotiations with Tehran.