Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left no doubt in a statement on what his country would do, should Iran and Israel’s current tensions escalate into a full-blown conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left no doubt in a statement on Wednesday, regarding what his Jewish country might do should current tensions with Iran escalate further.
« Israel will do whatever it needs to defend itself, » Netanyahu said in a statement.
The comment came after separate meetings with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Israel on Wednesday, where the ministers discussed actions Israel could pursue to retaliate for Iran’s unprecedented, direct attack on Israel over the weekend.
« They have all sorts of suggestions and advice. I appreciate that. But I want to be clear: Our decisions we will make ourselves, » the prime minister added.
During the meeting, Baerbock said escalation « would serve no one, not Israel’s security, not the many dozens of hostages still in the hands of Hamas, not the suffering population of Gaza, not the many people in Iran who are themselves suffering under the regime, and not the third countries in the region who simply want to live in peace, » Reuters reported.
