The decision to strike Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile program was unanimous both in the government and in the IDF, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says during a meeting with the IDF General Staff Forum.
“The question arose about the United States, and I told you that we would do everything to bring them on board, but that is not a condition,” says Netanyahu, according to a statement from his office.
Indicating that Iran could rebuild its nuclear and ballistic missile programs at some point, he compares Israel before the Iran campaign earlier this month to a patient with two cancerous tumors, “one the nuclear threat and the other the missile threat.”
“And if you don’t remove them, you will die. You may remove them and they will come back, like you treat cancer. But if you don’t remove them, we die.”
He thanks Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir “for the perfect execution of the tasks we set.”
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