‘We will do what is necessary,’ says PM, dodging a question on whether Khamenei is a target

Answering more questions at his press conference, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the US “is helping us,” that he speaks to President Donald Trump almost every day, and that Trump “will decide on what is good for America… We will accept any assistance.”

Asked whether Israel can destroy the Iranian nuclear program without attacking the Fordo facility and without the US, he repeats that Israel is “committed to removing” the Iranian nuclear threat, which he describes as “an existential” danger. “We are doing it and we won’t give up on it.”

“We won’t give up on our hostages in Gaza,” he adds. “We will bring them all back,” he says, and notes that this goal is bolstered by the tackling of the Iran-led axis.

Asked about whether Israel intends to kill Iran’s leader Ali Khamenei, he says, “I won’t go into all our war plans… We will do what is necessary. We are on the way to victory.”