Israel is at a “decisive point” in its history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says in a video address.
“Our brave pilots are attacking a large number of targets across Iran,” he says.
The goal of the operation, says Netanyahu, is “to strike Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, Iran’s ballistic missile factories, and Iran’s military capabilities.”
The operation will continue as long as is needed, he says, until the mission is completed.
He warns that Iran “has significant capabilities to harm us.”
“We prepared for that as well,” he says.
Netanyahu asks the public to cooperate with instructions from the Home Front Command, which save lives.
He emphasizes that Iran has enriched enough uranium for nine nuclear bombs, and says that in recent months it took unprecedented steps toward weaponization.
“These steps moved Iran closer to achieving a nuclear weapons within a short amount of time,” he says.
Iran has also built “a massive store” of ballistic missiles, he continues. “These missiles reach Israel from Iran within minutes. Each one carries a ton of explosives.”
Iran planned to produce 20,000 such missiles within six years, he says.
“Therefore we are operating to remove [them] as well,” Netanyahu says.
“We can’t leave these threats for the next generation,” he continues. “Because if we don’t act now, there will not be another generation. If we don’t act now, we simply won’t be here.”
“‘Never Again’ is now,” he says, using the cry that emerged from the Holocaust.
“We have internalized the lessons of history,” he says. “When an enemy says he intends to destroy you — believe him. When the enemy develops the capabilities to destroy you — stop him.”
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