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US envoy Huckabee: Tehran wants to ‘incinerate America and Israel’
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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is seen during an interview in Jerusalem, August 20, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
Hours after US President Donald Trump said he would urge Israel not to retaliate against an Iranian missile attack, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee argues that Tehran wants to “incinerate America and Israel.”
“Iran fired missiles at Israel last night and early today. The missile alerts sounded at 6am in Jerusalem. They were intercepted thank God!” he tweets.
“Iran and its proxy agents of evil want to incinerate America and Israel. Mothership of Satan is in Tehran,” Huckabee writes.
Huckabee is known to be among the US administration’s most hawkish members on Iran, but it’s unclear what impact he has from Jerusalem on policy decisions.
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