Netanyahu Says Israel Holds ‘Surprise Strategy’ in Confrontation with Iran
Speaking during a press conference, Netanyahu stressed that Israeli operations against Iran are being carried out with full intensity.
“Israel has changed the face of the Middle East as promised after the events of Oct. 7, and it has also changed itself,” he said.
The Israeli leader also maintained that he had taken difficult and risky decisions in order to confront and eliminate threats facing the country.
The current tensions are linked to events that began on Oct. 7, 2023, when the group Hamas along with other Palestinian factions launched the Al-Aqsa Flood operation. The attack targeted 11 Israeli military bases and 22 settlements. The groups said the offensive aimed to end the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and prevent Israeli plans they said were designed to erase the Palestinian cause. Israel responded by launching a large-scale military campaign against the enclave that lasted for two years.
A ceasefire agreement was eventually reached in October 2025, but according to reports, Israeli forces have continued to breach the truce through bombardments and gunfire since it took effect.
Regional tensions escalated further after Israel and the United States began launching strikes against Iran starting Feb. 28. Those attacks reportedly killed hundreds of people, including Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several security officials. In response, Tehran fired waves of missiles and drones toward Israel.
Iran also directed missile and drone attacks at American-linked sites in several Gulf countries as well as Jordan. Some of these strikes resulted in casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure, prompting condemnation from the affected Arab states, which called for the attacks to stop.
Earlier on Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran would stop attacking neighboring countries unless strikes against Iran were launched from their territories. Despite that statement, attacks later resumed against Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq, according to reports.
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