The focus during this secret meeting was on: Israeli strike Possible Iranian response to the attacks The missile Earlier this month.
According to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, this session included representatives of an intelligence agency Israeli armyThe decision on this critical issue will rest with these three senior officials alone, and only other members of the political-security cabinet will be informed of the broad outlines of the decision.
Netanyahu announced that Israel would take into account the opinion USHowever, it will decide its response to the Iranian missile attack based on its “national interest,” according to what his office said in a statement on Tuesday.
And he said Netanyahu“We listen to the views of the United States, but we will make our final decisions based on our national interest.”
US President Joe Biden warned Netanyahu against targeting Iran’s nuclear sites Or oil, to avoid further escalation in the region and amid concerns about energy prices in the world.
The statement was issued after the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing unnamed American officials, that Netanyahu informed Biden that the Israeli response would target military sites in Iran.
On October 1, Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles at the Hebrew state in an attack that Tehran said it launched in retaliation for the killing of the leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran in an attack attributed to Israel, and the assassination of the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, along with a general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. In an Israeli raid on The southern suburb of Beirut.
