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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the targets in Iran were decided based on a threat to Israel’s national interests, not on US instructions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was seen talking to US President Joe Biden. (IMAGE: AP PHOTO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the targets struck in the early hours of Saturday morning in Iran were decided based on national interests, not US instructions.
“Israel chose its targets based on national interests, not on instructions from the US,” Netanyahu told Israeli media, according to an Iranian news source Iran International.
Israel attacked military targets in Iran with airstrikes before dawn on Saturday in retaliation for a volley of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired at Israel earlier this month. It was the first time that the Israeli army openly attacked Iran.
Israel’s military said its aircraft targeted sites Iran used to make the missiles fired at Israel, as well as sites for surface-to-air missiles.
The death toll from Israel’s strikes on military bases in Iran has risen to four, the Iranian military said.
“Two more soldiers … succumbed to their wounds and died,” the official IRNA news agency said, citing an army statement.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog hailed the United States on Saturday as Israel’s “true ally” when it comes to mutual cooperation, in remarks that followed the strikes on Iran.
Welcoming Israel’s strikes against Iran, Herzog said: “I want to especially thank our great friend the US for being a true ally and for its overt and covert cooperation,” he said in a statement, without elaborating.
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Tel Aviv, Israel
