From At air force ceremony, Lapid warns Iran of Israel’s long reach
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid issues a warning to Iran during a pilots course graduation ceremony.
“Two weeks ago we held a large-scale joint exercise with the US Air Force. The exercise, which simulated an attack thousands of kilometers from Israel’s borders, was the first of a series of planned exercises in the near future,” Lapid says at the Hatzerim Airbase in southern Israel.
“Our enemies should know that we will not stand idly by in the face of threats that we see as existential. I discussed this with incoming prime minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, and this is one of the few issues on which there is a consensus in the Israeli public. No Israeli government will agree to Iran becoming nuclear. If it is necessary to act, we will act,” Lapid says.
