Tel Aviv, June 16, (dpa/GNA) – Israel’s attack on Iran is aimed at defending world peace and not only Israel, President Isaac Herzog argued on Sunday while on a visit to Bat Yam to the south of Tel Aviv, where a number of people died in an overnight Iranian missile strike.
“Our aim is to change the reality in the Middle East. It cannot be that the empire of evil will continue to attack and attack, send its proxies and its terror, its missiles, and of course, develop nuclear capability, which is the most dangerous capability for humanity,” Herzog said.
Israel was defending itself, but also the Middle East, humanity itself and world peace, he said.
Herzog issued a call to Group of Seven leaders meeting in Canada on Monday, to work with Israel “to get the nukes out” so that the Middle East could move to peace, dialogue, coexistence and rapprochement.
Regional tensions have soared since Israel launched a large-scale military offensive on Friday, hitting Iranian nuclear facilities, military leaders and energy infrastructure. Tehran has responded by launching flurries of missiles and drones at Israel, which continued overnight into Sunday.
Israel also launched a new wave of airstrikes on Tehran on Sunday, as attacks between the two regional powers continued for a third day and the death toll climbed.
GNA