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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said targets in Iran were decided based on threat to Israeli national interests and not on US instructions.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu seen talking to US President Joe Biden. (IMAGE: AP PHOTO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the targets it struck in the wee hours of Saturday morning in Iran were decided based on national interests and not on US instructions.
“Israel chose its targets based on national interests not on US instructions,” Netanyahu told Israeli news media outlets, according to Iranian news outlet Iran International.
Israel attacked military targets in Iran with pre-dawn airstrikes Saturday in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel earlier this month. It was the first time Israel’s military has openly attacked Iran.
The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted facilities that Iran used to make the missiles fired at…