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PM’s office denies reports Israel changed plans to strike Iranian energy sites after US pressure
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Illustrative: A picture taken on March 12, 2017, shows an oil facility in the Khark Island, Iran, on the shore of the Gulf. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Channel 13 reports that Israel initially planned to strike Iran’s oil and natural gas facilities, but changed its plan to focus exclusively on Iranian military facilities after persistent US pressure.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denies the report, calling it “totally false.”
“Israel chose the targets ahead of time, based on its national interests,” says the PMO, “and not based on American directives.”
“That’s how it was, and that’s how it will be.”
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