Lapid made a speech last month to Israel’s parliament, which is called the Knesset, that marked 600 days since the start of the war in Gaza. Lapid slammed Netanyahu for bringing a conflict upon Israel that didn’t exist during his own brief time in office.

Khamenei has condemned the attacks and promised to retaliate, saying Israel had "sealed for itself a bitter and painful destiny."

PM Netanyahu to Iran International: "Cyrus freed the Jews, now it's your turn to be free...A light has been lit, carry it to freedom."

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(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin, in separate telephone conversations on Friday, told Iran's president that Moscow condemned Israel's actions against Tehran and told Israel's prime minister that questions around Iran's nuclear programme could only be solved through diplomacy.

President Donald Trump reportedly helped lull Iran into a false sense of security through the actions he took in the days leading up Israel's surprise attack against the Islamic regime. The Israeli strikes early Friday morning targeted key uranium enrichment sites,

Israel and Iran must de-escalate and work towards a “diplomatic resolution”, Sir Keir Starmer has told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu amid mounting tensions in the Middle East. Sir Keir spoke with Mr Netanyahu as a fresh wave of Israeli strikes targeting Tehran began on Friday afternoon,

In one of the early press conferences after October 7, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked whether he would resign. His answer was telling: No one asked US President Franklin D. Roosevelt to resign after Pearl Harbor.