Benjamin Netanyahu has warned his armed forces will “do what we need to do” with Iran’s leadership as he claimed regime change could “certainly be the result” of Israel’s attacks on the Islamic republic.
The Israeli premier’s remarks — in response to a question about assassinating Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — came after a weekend of escalating hostilities where the bitter foes traded strikes on cities and energy infrastructure.
Since launching its surprise assault on Friday, Israel has killed key figures in Iran’s military and nuclear programme and has launched air strikes across the country, pitching the two of the Middle East’s most powerful militaries into outright war.