Government of Israel

10/22Government of Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said overthrowing Iran's government remains Israel's "primary objective", after talks with President Trump and a visit by Pete Hegseth; he gave no sign Washington had agreed to a new offensive.

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09/24Government of Israel: At the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision to strike Iran's nuclear facilities was one of the easiest he had made and that he had stopped Iran from threatening the world; many Arab diplomats walked out as he took the stage.

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09/03Government of Israel: Defence Minister Israel Katz said that if Iran attacks Israel, Israel would be free of all constraints and would strike all regime infrastructure including energy facilities, returning Iran 'to the Stone Age'.

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08/26Government of Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu said he presented President Trump with three options on Iran, including tightening the siege, doubted a deal was possible with Iran's leaders, and said Israel will not allow Iran to attack it, describing the expanded US sanctions as very powerful.

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08/23Government of Israel: Israeli security officials told Channel 12 that Hezbollah has stepped up attempts to smuggle weapons from Syria into Lebanon during the ceasefire, financed and run by the IRGC Quds Force, and that many shipments go undetected.

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07/09Government of Israel: Defence minister Israel Katz said the army was ready to resume fighting in Iran 'including a third time if necessary' and 'with even greater force'; Netanyahu said 'the campaign is not over'.

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06/28Government of Israel: Netanyahu called the US-mediated framework with Lebanon a historic accomplishment and a major blow to Iran and Hezbollah, under which Israel keeps a security zone in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed.

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06/14Government of Israel: Defence Minister Katz said Israeli forces would remain in security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza for an unlimited period. Israel did not officially comment on the US-Iran agreement.

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05/24Government of Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu said any final agreement must eliminate the nuclear danger by "dismantling Iran's nuclear enrichment sites and removing its enriched nuclear material from its territory".

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04/15Government of Israel: A senior Israeli official said there was no ceasefire in Lebanon, after Al-Mayadeen cited an Iranian official saying a one-week Lebanon ceasefire would start that night; the security cabinet met that evening to discuss the idea and ended without a decision, Channel 12 reported.

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04/08Government of Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu said on X that the two-week ceasefire did not include Lebanon and that Israel would keep striking Hezbollah, while backing Trump's efforts to ensure Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat.

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03/31Government of Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel's war goals were more than half achieved, without giving an end date; US defence secretary Hegseth said the coming days would be decisive and did not rule out ground forces.

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03/27Government of Israel: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said Israel would intensify its campaign against Iran and widen its targets, and that there would be no let-up.

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03/25Government of Israel: Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon said Israel was not part of US-Iran talks and would continue operations until Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities are eliminated.

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03/21Government of Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu called the night of the Arad and Dimona strikes a very difficult evening and vowed to keep striking Iran and its allies.

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03/19Government of Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel acted alone in striking the gas compound, that Trump asked Israel to hold off on further such attacks, that Iran could no longer enrich uranium or build ballistic missiles, and that the war would end a lot faster than people think. He denied Israel dragged the US into the war.

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03/17Government of Israel: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said displaced Lebanese would not be allowed to return home until northern Israel was safe.

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03/12Government of Israel: Defence Minister Israel Katz said the operation would continue without any time limit, as long as required, until Israel achieved all its objectives.

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03/05Government of Israel: Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said Beirut's southern suburbs would come to look like Khan Younis in Gaza.

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02/28Government of Israel: Netanyahu said the attacks aimed to remove an existential threat to Israel and praised Trump's leadership.

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