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JERUSALEM: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu‘s war cabinet favours a retaliation against Iran, which fired hundreds of exploding drones and missiles in what was believed to be its first direct attack on Israel after years of a shadow war, but is divided over the timing and scale of any such response, Israeli officials said on Sunday.
The five-member cabinet, in which Netanyahu, defence minister Yoav Gallant and cabinet minister Benny Gantz have decision-making powers, met on Sunday and was expected to convene again for further discussions.Two Israeli officials said some war cabinet members had urged a retaliatory strike, but that was called off after Netanyahu spoke by phone with Biden on Saturday and because the strikes caused relatively minor damage.
Earlier on Sunday, Gantz said that it will exact a price from Iran in response to its attack when the time is right. “We will build a regional coalition and exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us,” Gantz said.
The five-member cabinet, in which Netanyahu, defence minister Yoav Gallant and cabinet minister Benny Gantz have decision-making powers, met on Sunday and was expected to convene again for further discussions.Two Israeli officials said some war cabinet members had urged a retaliatory strike, but that was called off after Netanyahu spoke by phone with Biden on Saturday and because the strikes caused relatively minor damage.
Earlier on Sunday, Gantz said that it will exact a price from Iran in response to its attack when the time is right. “We will build a regional coalition and exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us,” Gantz said.
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