As tension mounts over Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Tehran that Israeli warplanes can strike anywhere in the Middle East, “including Iran and Syria.”
Netanyahu delivered his stern lecture while standing in front of an F-35 fighter jet at Nevatim Airbase in central Israel.
The Israeli Air Force has used its warplanes to strike supposed Iranian and Hezbollah targets in Syria numerous times, most recently pounding the cities of Damascus and Homs at the beginning of July, attacks that left multiple civilians dead.
Last year, Israel became the world’s first military power to use the next-generation F-35 in a combat operation, reportedly against Iranian targets in Syria.
The Iranian leadership has stuck with a calmer line, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stating in May that there won’t be a war between Iran and the USA.
Even the usually hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leader, Major General Hossein Salami, said on Monday that “the world knows” Tehran is not pursuing a nuclear weapon.
Shortly before Netanyahu posted his video, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused ‘Bibi’ of playing a part in scuppering both the 2015 deal and another agreement 10 years earlier, saying the Israeli PM “hasn’t learned” from his past dealings with Iran.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point WW III News 2019.