Herzog at site of Iranian missile strike: G7 leaders should join Israel in confronting Tehran

While visiting the site of the early morning Iranian missile strike on a Bat Yam apartment building, where six Israelis were killed and dozens more wounded, President Isaac Herzog calls on the leaders of the G7 nations to work with Israel to confront the Iranian nuclear threat.

“I call upon the leaders of the G7 who will convene tomorrow in Canada: They should all be with us, because if you want to get the nukes out, better work together, with us, and make sure that Iran does not reach its capability – and that our region can move to peace and dialogue and coexistence and rapprochement,” Herzog tells international press at the scene.

The leaders of the Group of Seven nations — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States — will gather for a summit in Alberta, Canada, on Monday and Tuesday, hosted by this year’s Canadian G7 presidency.

“Our aim is to change the reality in the Middle East. It cannot be that the empire of evil will continue to attack and attack, send its proxies and its terror, its missiles, and of course, develop nuclear capability, which is the most dangerous capability for humanity. So we are defending not only Israel, but the Middle East, humanity itself, world peace,” the president says.

“Iran has decided that they are attacking civilians, no matter where, and no matter what. And we, of course, will continue to defend ourselves,” Herzog adds.