Comments from Netanyahu:
Iran has no capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles following 20 days of warIran has few ballistic missiles leftIt’s too soon to tell if Iranians will take to the streetsWill attack Iran’s leadersI pledged to change the Middle East, and we have done so, and Israel has become a regional superpowerIran had thousands of ballistic missiles and was threatening to topple our towers, but what falls are the towers of Tehran and BeirutCampaign will take as long as necessaryIsrael is helping the US to open HormuzThere are many possibilities for a ground component, will not share what they areWe can not do a revolution from the air, there needs to be a ground component as wellAir strikes are not enough, ground action also required. Options are being considered but not disclosedIsrael acted alone on South Pars, Trump asked us to hold off on future such attacksWon’t put a stopwatch, but it will end much sooner than people think
Shortly before this report an Israeli TV report said the mission was not yet halfway complete and the were would last weeks.
This is starting out well but as the press conference was ongoing, there was a report saying Iran had sent missiles towards Israel.
On the ground component, there was some talk of some point about Kurds getting involved. Trump categorically ruled out ground forces today so this is an interesting twist. I highly doubt Israel wants to send soldiers while it’s fighting in Lebanon.
The bolded headline is the big one for me as both Trump and him are saying it will end sooner. As this press conference has been ongoing, there have been good bids in risk assets.
This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.