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Gantz to foreign ambassadors: The tanker attack near Oman was carried out from Iranian soil
For the first time, Israel says publicly that the "Mercer Street" tanker attack left Iran.
He also said at the briefing, which was attended by more than 60 foreign ambassadors, that he "does not rule out that we will have to act in the future so that Tehran does not reach nuclear weapons."
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Amir Bohbot and Barak Ravid
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 13:04 Updated: 13:27
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Defense Minister Bnei Gantz said today (Wednesday) in a briefing to foreign ambassadors that the UAV that hit the Mercer Street tanker left Iran. "This is further proof that Iran is first and foremost a threat to the world and the region," he claimed. She left Iran. The
briefing was attended by more than sixty foreign ambassadors, and he dealt with the security situation under the banner "Challenges and opportunities for Israel and its allies." I do not rule out that we will have to act in the future as well so that Iran does not reach nuclear weapons. "
Ganz said that Iran has an intention to destroy Israel, and it is working to have the means to do so.
He also claims that it operates through its branches in Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, and uses UAVs and precision missiles, and works against merchant ships at sea and even attacks cyber around the world. "It simply came to our notice then.
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Ganz in briefing, today (Photo: Official website, Ariel Hermoni, Ministry of Defense)
He presented the increase in the Iranian defense budget, which more than doubled in five years from $ 22 billion to $ 49 billion. Ganz added that Israel has no conflict with the Iranian people, but with the Iranian regime, and that it is troubled by the fact that representatives of the international community have come to swear in Raisi, "the executioner from Tehran."
"Iran is two months away from accumulating the material needed for a nuclear bomb," Gantz stressed. "We do not know whether the Iranian regime is ready to reach an agreement and return to the negotiating table and the world must build 'Plan B' and stop its progress right now.
"The ultimate goal is to reach a 'longer, stronger and broader' agreement," Gantz explained. "If it has the ability to break into the nucleus, it will increase its aggression. We in Israel have our options, we knew how to use the means at our disposal in the past, and I do not rule out that we will have to use them in the future.
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