Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday (27) that Israel’s recent attacks on Iran had severely damaged its defense capabilities, without providing further details on who the targets were.
In his first comments on the strikes, Netanyahu said Israel had promised to respond firmly to the Iranian ballistic missile attack earlier this month.
“In the early hours of Saturday morning, we kept our promise and severely damaged Iran’s defense capability and its ability to produce missiles fired at us,” Netanyahu said.
“Yesterday we hit the octopus on the head. To the people of Iran I say – our fight against a tyrannical regime that threatens the entire region. Whoever hurts us, we hurt them.”
Netanyahu thanked the US for “close coordination and assistance” in the IDF strikes against Iran, and said the attack “achieved all its objectives”.
Biden administration officials said the U.S. was not directly involved in the attack but was consulted about it.
Iran said Israel attacked military facilities across the country on Saturday morning, causing “limited damage” in some areas.
Israel “attacked parts of military centers in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam,” state news agency IRNA reported, adding that “the attack was successfully intercepted and repelled” by “Iran’s integrated air defense system.”
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Source: CNN Brasil
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