Israel praised the US-led rescue operation in Iran after President Donald Trump announced that a .
Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, stated that the success of the mission demonstrates the close cooperation between the two countries, “even in moments of greater complexity”.
“I congratulate our American partners on the safe rescue of the crew member,” he said in a video message.
Israel even postponed part of the planned attacks against Iran on Friday (3) so as not to harm the search for the two soldiers who were in the country, according to an Israeli official interviewed by the CNN.
The country also offered intelligence support to the rescue operations, according to two Israeli sources.
Netanyahu praises rescue of American pilot
Israel’s Prime Minister also praised the operation that led to the rescue of the American soldier whose F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran.
“This operation reinforces a sacred principle: no one is left behind,” said Netanyahu in a video released this Sunday (5), in which he also directly congratulated the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
“This is a shared value, demonstrated repeatedly in the history of our two countries,” he said. “As a nation that has carried out several daring rescue operations, and as someone who was injured in one of these missions and lost a brother in the Entebbe rescue, we know how courageous this decision was.”
