Netanyahu advances response to Iran

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned at the beginning of a Government meeting that no one is going to impose on him what decision he should make regarding Israel’s response, after Iran’s attack this past weekend with more than 300 projectiles. , although he appreciated the proposals of his main partners.

“I thank our friends for their support in the defense of Israel and all their advice. But I want to be clear: we will make our decisions ourselves. The State of Israel will do everything necessary to defend itself,” he said.

The Israeli president made these statements after meeting this Wednesday in his Jerusalem office with the British Foreign Minister, David Cameron; and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock to who also insisted that the Hebrew State must preserve its right to self-defenseafter the wave of attacks launched by Tehran in the early hours of Saturday to Sunday.

“I also had a telephone conversation last night with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and I will speak with other leaders soon,” Netanyahu said.

Regarding this phone call, a spokesperson for Downing Street, the office of the head of the United Kingdom Government, explained that Sunak reiterated his “firm support” to Netanyahubut at the same time he stressed that “a major escalation is not in anyone’s interest and would only deepen insecurity in the Middle East.”

The international community hopes that Tel Aviv’s response against Tehran does not aggravate the conflict in a region already marked by the devastating war in Gaza and with a daily exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah on the country’s northern border.