Israel says its attack on Iran was ‘quick and decisive’; Netanyahu thinks it won’t be an ‘endless war’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran was weeks away from completing new underground nuclear facilities that would be “immune” to attack, and argued that urgent military action was necessary because “if no action is taken now, there will be no action in the future.”

In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, Netanyahu said Tehran has begun building new underground facilities that will soon render its ballistic missile and atomic weapons programs untouchable.

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“Within months they started building new areas, new locations, underground bunkers that would immunize ballistic missile programs and atomic bomb programs,” he said.

Netanyahu claimed that Iran has been working on new weapons sites since the so-called 12-day war in June, when Israel and the United States launched coordinated attacks on the Islamic Republic.

He also framed the operation as a preemptive move to prevent Iran from reaching that stage and insisted the conflict would not last long.
“This is not an endless war,” he said. “This will be swift and decisive action.” He warned of the risks that could arise if Iran obtained nuclear weapons. “We are fighting terrorists who are slaughtering their own people. Imagine what they would do if they had ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads that could reach American cities. Would you wait and gamble on whether they would use them? No one stopped North Korea, and now they have nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. Iran is like 50 North Koreas. It is determined to destroy America. President Trump understands this truth.”

“If these extremists obtain weapons of mass destruction, there will be mass deaths,” he said, adding that leaders would be asked later why they did not act sooner.

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Netanyahu also rejected allegations that he pushed the United States into conflict.

“Nobody dragged him into anything,” Netanyahu said. “He’s doing what he believes is right.”

The prime minister argued that US-Israeli coordinated action could create conditions for broader regional peace, including the possibility of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

“This is a door to peace,” he said, describing the campaign as an effort to ensure long-term stability rather than prolonging the conflict.

US President Donald Trump’s predictions about the duration of the regional war have been in vain, but his current estimate is that the war could last more than four weeks.