Israel will listen to the United States but will decide its actions in accordance with its own national interest, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Tuesday (15).
The statement was attached to a Washington Post article that said Netanyahu had told President Joe Biden’s administration that Israel would attack Iranian military targets, not nuclear or oil targets.
The statement came amid expectations that Israel would strike in retaliation for Iran’s missile attack on Israel on October 1. That attack followed a rapidly spiraling conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
Citing two officials familiar with the matter, the Washington Post said Netanyahu had told the Biden administration he was willing to attack military rather than oil or nuclear facilities in Iran, suggesting a more limited counterstrike aimed at avoiding a war in Iran. large scale.
The retaliatory action would be calibrated to avoid the perception of “political interference in US elections,” said an official cited by the Washington Post.
“We listen to the views of the United States, but we will make our final decisions based on our national interests,” Netanyahu’s office said, in a statement that was also cited in the Washington Post article.
Biden has said he would not support an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and oil markets are nervous about the prospect of an Israeli attack on Iranian oil fields.
Gulf states have pressured Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s oil facilities because they are concerned that their own oil facilities could be attacked by Tehran’s proxies if the conflict escalates.
This content was originally published in Israel will listen to the US, but will make its own decisions, says Netanyahu’s office on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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