Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel, in his 12 days of war with Iran, removed the threat of nuclear annihilation and was determined to thwart any Tehran attempt to revive his program.
“We have removed two immediate existential threats for us – the threat of nuclear annihilation and the threat of annihilation for 20,000 ballistic missiles,” he said in video comments released by his office.
“If someone in Iran tries to relive this project, we will work with the same determination and strength to prevent any attempt. I repeat, Iran will not have nuclear weapons.”
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He has classified victory as historical and will remain for generations.
He said that Israel never had a better friend in the White House than President Donald Trump, whose armed forces launched huge bunkers bombs on Iran’s underground nuclear facilities in an attack over the weekend.
“Our friend President Trump joined us in an unprecedented way. Under his direction, the US military destroyed the place of underground enrichment in Fordow,” said Netanyahu.
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He spoke hours after Trump drove back criticism of Israel about the attack scale Trump said he violated a truce with Iran negotiated by Washington, Israel’s closest ally.
Netanyahu said Israel’s work was unfinished. He quoted the war against Iran’s ally, Hamas, in Gaza, where 50 hostages remain in captivity since the Palestinian militant group made a surprise attack on October 7, 2023.
About 20 hostages are believed to be alive.
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“We must complete the campaign against the Iranian axis, defeat Hamas and get the release of all hostages, alive and dead,” said Netanyahu.
