Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel might create the conditions for Iranian regime change with its bombing campaign while insisting that was not the objective.
This came as he spoke at the Soroka hospital in Beersheba, after visiting the site affected by Iranian missile strike.
“People ask me – are we targeting the downfall of the regime. That may be a result, but it’s up to the Iranian people to rise for their freedom.
“Freedom is never cheap. It’s never free. Freedom requires these subjugated people to rise up, and it’s up to them.But we may create conditions that will help them do it.”
Benjamin Netanyahu
He pointed out that Israel’s goal for attacking Iran is twofold, “nuclear [and] ballistic missiles.”
He added that Israel is going to remove them. “We are in the process of completing and removing this threat,” he stated.
Speaking in Hebrew, the Israeli Prime Minister said that 2,500 years ago, Cyrus the Great, the King of Persia, liberated the Jews. “And today, a Jewish state is creating the means to liberate the Persian people,” he added.
Also, Netanyahu pointed out that joining Israel in its attacks on Iran will be a decision for US President, Donald Trump to make. “But I can tell you that they’re already helping a lot, because they’re participating in the protection of the skies over Israel and its cities,” he added.
“President Trump will do what’s best for America. I trust his judgment. He is a tremendous friend, a tremendous world leader, a tremendous friend of Israel and the Jewish people.
“And we will do what we have to do, and we are doing it. We are committed to destroying the nuclear threat, the threat of a nuclear annihilation against Israel. We’re able to do it.”
Benjamin Netanyahu
He noted that partnership with the United States, “the partnership with President Trump, with whom I speak to almost every day, is incredible.”
Additionally, Netanyahu said that he had praise for Trump’s “resolve, his determination, and his clarity when he says Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon – and for that to take place, Iran cannot enrich uranium.”
“It’s as simple as that. He gave them the chance to do it through negotiations.They strung them along. You don’t string along Donald Trump. He’s committed to making sure that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t.”
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu Points To ‘Personal’ Costs Of Ongoing Attacks
Moreover, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced that the entire people of Israel are “paying a price.” “We are going through a blitz, and we are going through it in an astonishing way,”he added.
“There are personal costs, people have been hurt, families have lost their loved ones.
“Each of us bears a personal cost, and my family has not been exempt – this is the second time that my son Avner has cancelled a wedding due to missile threats. It is a personal cost for his fiancee as well, and I must say that my dear wife is a hero, and she bears a personal cost.”
Benjamin Netanyahu
At least 240 people were wounded by the Iranian missile strikes this morning.
Acccording to Israel’s Health Ministry, four individuals have been seriously wounded.
The vast majority were lightly wounded, including more than 70 people from Soroka hospital in the southern city of Beersheba.
Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog also visited the Soroka medical centre in Beersheba, which was hit this morning by an Iranian missile.
Standing in front of the scorched surgery building which had taken the full force of the impact, Herzog praised the hospital’s Director General for taking the decision the night before to evacuate the building on grounds it was insufficiently protected.
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