Outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu would be “level-headed” concerning the possibility of a military strike against Iran.
“We need to prepare for this possibility and we will also need to consider this issue very carefully before implementing it,” he told reporters during a press conference.
“The last time the IDF was at a high level of readiness, I was chief of staff and, as published at the time, it was decided by the prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] not to do so. I think that in this context Netanyahu will be level-headed,” he said.
However, he emphasized that Israel did not lack the capability to mount such a strike.
“Israel has the ability to act in Iran and we are committed to continuing to strengthen that,” he said.
Gantz went on to say that Iranian “daring” would likely get a “boost” from its strengthened ties with Russia as a result of the Ukraine war. “It will have an influence on the entire region,” he said.
A convoy believed to be smuggling Iranian weapons crossed the border from Iraq when Israel launched airstrikes in eastern Syria, according to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
According to the people familiar with the matter and Iraqi militia members, the attack late Tuesday near Abu Kamal—a Syrian border town frequently used as a transshipment point by militant groups with ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—destroyed several vehicles and killed at least 10 people, including an unknown number of Iranians.
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