Launched joint operation with US against Iran to tackle 'existential threat’ to Israel: IDF

JERUSALEM: (Feb 28) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Saturday said that its joint strikes with the US on Iran included attacks on “dozens of military targets” and were carried out as part of a “wide, coordinated, and joint offensive against the regime to tackle an existential threat".

In a statement, the Israeli military said that the “joint, broad, and powerful operation” with the US is “aimed at a thorough strike against the Iranian terror regime and at eliminating existential threats to the State of Israel over time”.

“The Iranian regime has not abandoned its plan to destroy Israel,” the IDF said, adding that “despite the severe blow Israel gave to Iran in June of last year, Iran never gave up on its project to destroy the Jewish state”.