Israel defence minister says ‘everything is on the table’ for retaliation against Iran
Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, has said his country is closely coordinating with the US as it prepares to strike back at Iran, but that Tel Aviv will make its own independent decisions about how to retaliate.
Despite the US having made clear that it opposes a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, Gallant told CNN on Sunday that “everything is on the table”. He said:
Israel has capabilities to hit targets near and far – we have proved it. We will respond to the Iranian attack appropriately. We will not stand by and neither should the international community.
As we reported earlier, Gallant is expected to visit the US this coming week where he is scheduled to meet with the US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin.
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