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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Netanyahu warns Iran: ‘Any action against Israel will be met with a very severe response’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (left) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (right) hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on December 22, 2025. (ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is aware that Iran has been conducting “exercises” recently, adding that Tehran’s nuclear activities will be discussed with US President Donald Trump.
“We are following this and doing all the necessary preparations,” Netanyahu says in a press conference in Jerusalem alongside the leaders of Greece and Cyprus.
“I want to convey this clearly to Iran: Any action against Israel will be met with a very severe response.”
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