Netanyahu says Israel and US 'protecting the entire world'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that Israel and the United States are “protecting the entire world” through their military campaign against Iran, claiming Israeli strikes have significantly degraded Tehran’s military capabilities.
He said Iran can no longer enrich uranium or manufacture ballistic missiles, but did not provide evidence to substantiate the claims.
“We are winning and Iran is being decimated,” Netanyahu said, adding that the campaign aims to eliminate Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile threats “before they are buried deep underground and become immune from aerial attack,” and to “create the conditions for the Iranian people to take their fate into their own hands.”
He said the claims that Israel had drawn the United States into the conflict as “fake news,” adding, “Does anyone really think someone can tell President Trump what to do? Come on.”
Netanyahu faces an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes in Gaza.