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Netanyahu: If Iran attacks Israel, ‘we will act with strength that Iran hasn’t yet known’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Israel is “following closely” developments in Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says in the Knesset.
He praises the “heroic struggle” of the Iranian people against the regime.
Netanyahu says that those who refer to him as a dictator should be embarrassed to use that term, given the slaughter Iran’s rulers are inflicting on their people.
“If Iran makes a mistake and attacks us, we will act with strength that Iran hasn’t yet known,” he promises.
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