Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said joint US-Israel strikes had destroyed Iran’s ability to enrich uranium and to produce ballistic missiles, and that he saw “this war ending a lot faster than people think”.
Netanyahu rejected the notion of an open-ended military campaign against Iran, telling a press conference on Thursday evening that the objectives he had set were achievable.
He said he had agreed, at the request of US President Donald Trump, not to launch further Israeli attacks on Iran’s giant South Pars gasfield. He also said Israel was helping the US with efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway which Iran has in effect closed through attacks on shipping.