PM: Strikes meant to end ‘existential threat’; time for Iranians to cast off yoke of tyranny

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-strikes-meant-to-end-existential-threat-time-for-iranians-to-cast-off-yoke-of-tyranny/

Netanyahu says campaign aims to ‘create conditions’ for Iranians to change their destiny; Lapid, opposition figures offer praise, support for action

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday issued a video message to the public after Israel and the US launched a wave of strikes against Iran, saying the operation aims “to remove the existential threat” posed by the Islamic Republic, and “create the conditions” for Iranians to change their destiny.

“My brothers and sisters, citizens of Israel, a short while ago Israel and the United States launched an operation to remove the existential threat posed by the terror regime in Iran,” he said.

The major wave of strikes carried out Saturday morning targeted Iranian regime sites and military facilities, according to an Israeli official, who added that Israel was preparing for several days of conflict with Iran.