Netanyahu Says He Directed IDF and Mossad to Pursue Iran’s Regime Overthrow
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on October 21 that he had directed the IDF, Mossad and other security branches to pursue the overthrow of Iran’s regime. Speaking at an IDF officers’ graduation ceremony at Bahad 1, he described that objective as the way to remove the Iranian threat permanently. Netanyahu accused Iran, under Mojtaba Khamenei, of again attempting to develop nuclear bombs. The Government Press Office’s announcement of his remarks provided no operational timetable or detailed plan for carrying out the directive.