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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to “finish work” against Iran with the support of US President Donald Trump.
Netanyahu has been working with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has been visiting Israel on his first official trip to the region since taking on the role.
“For the past 16 months, Israel has hit Iran’s fear axis a strong blow. Under President Trump’s strong leadership… we can and will be done.” Netanyahu said.
Rubio said, “Nuclear Iran can never exist.”
“It is important to always point out whether we talk about Hamas, Hezbollah, violence in the West Bank, destabilization in Syria, or talk about these issues with Iraqi militia. We have one common theme behind them – Iran,” Rubio added.
“That has to be addressed,” he added.
The US intelligence agency recently warned both the Biden and Trump administrations, who are likely to try to hold the key to Iran’s nuclear program this year, according to sources familiar with the assessment.
Israeli willingness to use military force has opposed President Donald Trump’s current desire for peace deals with Tehran, and the recent US intelligence agency has revealed that major attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites have been the Middle East It warns that it could increase the risk of wider wars in the country.
Overall, Israel is also pursuing a broader goal of triggering an Iranian regime change, one of the recent US Intelligence Reports said.
Israeli leaders have vowed to open the “gates of hell” if all hostages are not released, and have a common strategy with Trump about Gaza and its future.
Trump proposed this month that the US took ownership of Gaza and moved Palestinians permanently out of the devastated strip, causing a storm of protest.
“It may have shocked a lot of people and surprised,” Rubio said of the plan.
Rubio’s trip coincided with the US sending heavy bomb shipments to Israel. Israel’s Ministry of Defense said on Sunday.
Israeli Defense Minister Katz said the shipment of the MK-84 munitions “represents a key asset in the Air Force and IDF and serves as further evidence of a strong alliance between Israel and the United States.” Katz thanked Trump and the US administration for their “unwavering support.”
The release of heavy bomb shipments by the new administration rolled back one of the few Biden-era policies aimed at using leverage on Israel during the war in Gaza. Former President Joe Biden had restricted the birth of a 2,000-pound bomb due to concerns that it could be used indiscriminately by Israeli troops in the densely populated areas of Gaza.
Despite creating tension between Biden and Netanyahu, the move did not bring about any major changes to the war. It also did not significantly improve Biden’s position among war critics who argued that restrictions on American arms sales to Israel were significantly limited.
Salama Malouf, head of the government media office in Gaza, criticized the US decision to send heavy bombs. “Instead of humanitarian motivations, the United States, the world’s first democracy, and human rights pioneering people, sending food, medicine, water, shelter and building materials to victims of the Gaza Strip, it explains itself. , supporting the criminal profession force with 1,800 heavy MK bombs,” Malouf said.
Rubio landed in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, where he was greeted by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on the first foot of a trip to the region. He met Netanyahu in his office in Jerusalem on Sunday morning.
It comes the day after the Israeli hostages were released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire agreement through the US, but the vulnerable nature of the truce was once again highlighted on Sunday. “Serious violation.”
According to State Department officials, Secretary Rubio attended a mass at the historic church at the Holy Tomb before his meeting with Netanyahu.