Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu orders IDF, Mossad to pursue overthrow of Iranian regime
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he had directed the Israel Defense Forces, Mossad and other security branches to pursue the overthrow of the Iranian regime, calling it the only way to eliminate the nuclear threat from Tehran.“There is only one way to remove this threat once and for all: overthrow the regime in Iran.And that is my directive to the IDF, the Mossad and the security branches,” Netanyahu told an IDF officer course graduation ceremony.“As long as they are here, as long as they strive to acquire horrific weapons, the State of Israel faces an existential threat,” Netanyahu said.
“And our duty, the duty of all of us, is to save the nation.”Netanyahu said Iran had resumed its nuclear program after Operation Rising Lion, seeking to bury the project deep beneath a mountain.That prompted the joint Israeli-U.S.
Operation Roaring Lion, he said, whose opening strike killed Ali Khamenei.The premier accused Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father after Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike on Feb.28, of following in his father’s footsteps.
“He has pulled the safety pin, and Iran is attempting once again to develop the bombs of death,” Netanyahu said.Netanyahu said U.S.President Donald Trump also supported toppling the Iranian regime, quoting him as saying, “We are ready to finish the job,” but would do so only with Israel.“We will eliminate the head of the octopus, and we will also finally sever its arms, the remainder of its arms, we will eliminate Hamas and eliminate Hezbollah,” Netanyahu said.
“And I can tell you that many of our neighbors hope for this, in Lebanon, in Gaza, and certainly in Iran.In Iran, they hope for Israel’s victory.”Addressing the graduating officers, Netanyahu called overthrowing the Iranian regime “now also your mission” and urged them “to eliminate the Axis of Evil once and for all.”Also speaking at the graduation ceremony, Israeli...