Published On 18 Nov 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu states his nation’s air attack on Iran last month hit “a element” of Tehran’s nuclear program and deteriorated its defence and rocket production abilities.
“There is a particular part in their nuclear program that was struck in this attack,” Netanyahu stated in a speech in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Monday without supplying information on the component hit.
“The program itself and its capability to run here have not yet been wardedoff,” he included.
On October 26, Israeli fighter jets introduced 3 waves of strikes targeting Iranian military properties, weeks after Iran had fired about 200 ballistic rockets at Israel, stating its attack was in reaction to Israel’s killings of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the southern suburbanareas of Beirut and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
At the time of Israel’s attack, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei stated the strikes “should not be overstated nor minimized”. United States President Joe Biden stated before the strikes took location that he would not assistance an attack on Iranian nuclear websites, which would open up the possibility of an even evenmore escalation in the area.
In addition to the claim of an attack on Iran’s nuclear program, Netanyahu likewise stated in Monday’s speech – which was interrupted by household members of Israeli slaves held in Gaza – that 3 Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air rocket defence batteries stationed near Tehran hadactually been struck.
Netanyahu stated Russia had provided 4 of the defence batteries to Iran and the other one hadactually been damaged throughout an exchange of direct attacks inbetween Iran and Israel in April.
Iran has not commented on the Israeli claims.
Last week, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian informed the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, that his federalgovernment was prepared to address issues about its nuclear program before US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January.
Grossi stated attaining “results” in nuclear talks with Iran was essential to prevent a brand-new dispute in the area currently swollen by Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon, worrying that Iranian nuclear setups “should not be assaulted”.
Stepping up sanctions
Netanyahu provided his speech as the European Union and the United Kingdom on Monday broadened their sanctions versus Iran over its declared assistance for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
In a relocation decried by Tehran, the EU stated it will prohib