Israel’s President Isaac Herzog speaks to the press as he visits the Ramat Aviv area in Tel Aviv, following an Iranian strike that hit the residential neighbourhood on Sunday.
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog speaks to the press as he visits the Ramat Aviv area in Tel Aviv, following an Iranian strike that hit the residential neighbourhood on Sunday.
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog praised the White House’s mass bombing on three nuclear sites in Iran early Sunday, saying the “historic” move could lead to a “much better future” in the region.
The Israeli president effusively praised his US counterpart’s “bold” and “outstanding decision,” which directly propelled Washington into the regional fighting.
“We all need to commend President Trump for his bold decision. It’s a historic decision, an outstanding decision that clearly can shift the direction of the Middle East to a much better future,” Herzog told Kasie Hunt on CNN’s State of the Union.
Israel launched a mass assault on Iran on earlier this month that it says are targeting the country’s nuclear systems, triggering retaliatory strikes from Tehran. The brewing war has already wreaked a brutal human cost.
Then early Sunday, the US deployed Air Force assets to target major facilities in Iran for the first time in several decades.
Iran’s nuclear capabilities were “hit very hard,” Herzog said, adding that both US and Israeli attacks have eliminated the program “as an imminent threat.” Analysts say the full impact of recent attacks is unknown.
Trump was in close contact with top Israeli officials over the weekend, including the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Herzog told CNN. “We need to look ahead,” he said.
