Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would “finish the job” against Iran with US support, during a Jerusalem news conference with visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“Over the last 16 months, Israel has dealt a mighty blow to Iran´s terror access under the strong leadership of President (Donald) Trump and with your unflinching support, I have no doubt that we can and will finish the job.” Netanyahu said, adding “Israel and America stand shoulder to shoulder in countering the threat of Iran.”
Netanyahu’s statements come after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday said his country would rebuild its nuclear facilities if attacked, following US media reports that Israel was likely to launch a strike on key Iranian nuclear sites.
Rubio said: “Behind every terrorist group, behind every act of violence, behind every destabilising activity, behind everything that threatens peace and stability for the millions of people that call this region home is Iran.”
Netanyahu said Israel had dealt a “mighty blow” to Iran over the past 16 months since the start of its war on Gaza against Hamas and said that with the support of Trump “I have no doubt we can and will finish the job”.
He said Israel had weakened the Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon and had hit hundreds of targets in Syria to prevent a new allegedly Iran-backed front from opening up against Israel.
“Now, if any other force believes that Israel will permit other hostile forces to use Syria as a base of operations against us, they are gravely mistaken,” Netanyahu said.
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Thanking Rubio for “unequivocal backing” for Israel’s policy in Gaza, Netanyahu said Israel and the United States under President Donald Trump shared a common strategy in the Palestinian enclave, where a fragile ceasefire is in effect between Israel and Hamas after 15 months of war.
