NEWS UPDATE 🚨🇮🇱Visiting the site of a missile strike in the southern city of Arad, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges world leaders to commit their countries to the joint Israeli-US military campaign against Iran, citing Tehran’s recent missile launch targeting the UK-US Indian Ocean military base at Diego Garcia over the weekend.
The unsuccessful attack showed that Iran has missiles that can reach further than previously thought.
“They fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Diego Garcia… They have now the capacity to reach deep into Europe,” he says.
“They are putting everyone in their sights. And [they’re] stopping a maritime international route, energy route, and trying to blackmail the entire world,” he adds, referring to Iran’s blocking the Strait of Hormuz,a, key oil artery. “It’s time to see the leaders of the rest of the countries join up.”
Netanyahu says some countries are beginning to move toward joining the campaign, without specifying whom or in what capacity, but adds that “more is needed.”
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly complained about the lack of international support for the offensive.
Netanyahu also condemns Iran’s recent attacks near holy sites in Jerusalem.
“They fired on Jerusalem, right next to the holy sites of the three monotheistic faiths: the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. By dint of a miracle, none of them were hurt, but they were targeting the holy sites of the three major monotheistic religions,” he says.
Asked by a reporter what his response will be to Iran’s attacks on Israeli civilians, the premier responds: “We’re responding with great force, but not on civilians. We’re going after the regime. We’re going after the IRGC, this criminal gang, and we’re going after them personally, their leaders, their installations, their economic assets. We’re going after them very strongly.” (ToI)