Israeli Officials: ‘Trump Wants To Overthrow The Iranian Regime’
Israeli officials are assessing recent statements from President Donald Trump as possible indications that he is weighing a sweeping strategy toward Iran that could extend beyond diplomacy and include efforts to topple the current regime, according to a report aired by Kan News.
Those interpretations intensified after Trump posted a warning on his Truth Social account, writing, “As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’ a major destruction of Iran. The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again.”
Against that backdrop, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is scheduled to convene a high-level security meeting on Tuesday, with the agenda expected to focus on the ongoing war in Gaza as well as the escalating standoff with Iran.
At the same time, the United States has been reinforcing its military presence across the Middle East, even as American officials express interest in seeing the Islamic Republic’s clerical leadership brought to an end. While Trump has publicly left the door open to negotiations, he has also cautioned Tehran that “time is running out” to reach an agreement.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations pushed back sharply against the president’s remarks, issuing a statement that warned of the costs of military confrontation. The delegation said, “The last time the U.S. got involved in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, it wasted 7 trillion dollars and lost over 7,000 American soldiers. Iran is ready for dialogue based on respect and mutual interests – but if tested, it will defend itself and respond in a way it never has before.”
Adding to the rhetoric, Ali Shamkhani, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, posted a message in Hebrew on his X account threatening direct retaliation. He wrote that “Any military action by the United States will be considered an act of war, and its response will be immediate, comprehensive, unprecedented, and directed at the aggressor, at the heart of Tel Aviv and all supporters of the aggression.”
{Matzav.com}
