Gantz Threatens Iran with Military Action
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Tel Aviv - Asharq Al-Awsat
Israel's defense minister warned Thursday that his country is prepared to strike Iran, issuing the threat against Tehran after a fatal drone strike on an oil tanker at sea. The comments by Benny Gantz come as Israel lobbies countries for action at the United Nations over last week's attack on the oil tanker Mercer Street that killed two people. The tanker, struck off Oman in the Arabian Sea, is managed by a firm owned by an Israeli billionaire. The US and the United Kingdom also blamed Iran for the attack. Speaking to the news website Ynet, Gantz responded to whether Israel was prepared to attack Iran with a blunt “yes.” “We are at a point where we need to take military action against Iran," Gantz said. "The world needs to take action against Iran now.” From Tehran, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described Gantz's threat as “another brazen violation of Int'l law" and “malign behavior" that allegedly stems from Israel's blind support for the West. He tweeted: “We state this clearly: ANY foolish act against Iran will be met with a DECISIVE response. Don’t test us." On Wednesday, in a letter to the UN Security Council, Iran's deputy ambassador to the United Nations described Israel as “the main source of instability and insecurity in the Middle East and beyond for more than seven decades.” “This regime has a long dark record in attacking commercial navigation and civilian ships,” Zahra Ershadi wrote. “In less than two years, this regime has attacked over 10 commercial vessels carrying oil and humanitarian goods destined to Syria.”
from Asharq AL-awsat https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3117811/gantz-threatens-iran-military-action
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