PM: We ‘hope it’s possible to reach an agreement that prevents nuclear weapons from Iran’

Moving away from the lectern, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel faced down massive international and domestic pressure to end the war in Gaza.

“We faced down that pressure,” he says, rehashing a list of Israel’s successes versus Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, and claiming that Israel’s actions in Lebanon led to the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

“We still haven’t said the last word” in the campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, he promises.

“Iran remains a serious threat against Israel,” he says, stressing that Israel is “in full coordination with the US. We talk to them all the time. We hope that it’s possible for them to reach an agreement that will prevent a nuclear weapon from Iran.”

“That means it will prevent Iran from having the ability to enrich uranium. If it is reached, of course, we will welcome it,” he says, before warning that “in any case, Israel reserves the right to defend itself against a regime that threatens to destroy us.”