Overview
- In a recorded statement Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the campaign is not over and claimed Israel prevented Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
- He highlighted Operation Rising Lion, saying Israeli pilots flew inside Iranian airspace and struck targets across the country.
- Netanyahu said Israeli and U.S. strikes hit nuclear facilities as well as missile stockpiles and launchers, and he claimed 12 senior nuclear scientists tied to weaponization were killed.
- He asserted that Israel destroyed centrifuge systems, uranium production sites and Iran’s heavy water plant at Arak, saying Iran now has no active enrichment facility.
- The remarks came during a reported ceasefire with Iran as clashes with Hezbollah persisted on Israel’s northern front, and outlets presented his account as official claims without independent verification.