Netanyahu threatens Iran with a strike it ‘cannot even imagine’
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran was refraining from attacking Israel and warned of a severe response if it did.
- He claimed that Iran’s government was nearing its end.
- Netanyahu made the remarks before a cabinet meeting, according to a statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office.
Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran that an attack on Israel would bring a blow the country “cannot even imagine,” while claiming that Iran’s government is nearing its end.
Iran is not attacking us. Iran is avoiding doing so, and it knows the reason.
Speaking before a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said Iran was holding back from attacking Israel and that he knew why. “Iran is not attacking us. Iran is avoiding doing so, and it knows the reason,” he said.
He said Iran could still make the mistake of attacking. If that happened, Netanyahu argued, Israel would respond with a strike beyond anything Tehran could imagine.
Of course, it could make a mistake and still make the mistake of attacking us. Then it will receive a blow it cannot even imagine.
“The Iranian regime’s end is near,” Netanyahu also claimed, without further detail in the statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office.
The end of the regime in Iran is near.
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Originally published by Hürriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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