Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a clip aired Sunday morning that the war in Iran is not over yet – and the military may need to continue the war on the ground.
“I think it’s done a great job, but it’s not over yet,” Netanyahu told CBS Washington Correspondent Major Garrett in his first US television interview since the war with Iran began.
A summary of the interview, which will air throughout Sunday evening, touched on Netanyahu’s belief that Iran still has enriched uranium that must be removed, though he did not elaborate on how that would happen.
“There are still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled. There are still allies that Iran supports. There are ballistic missiles that they still want to produce,” Netanyahu said. “Now, we’ve demoted it a lot. But all of that is still there, and there’s work to be done.”
When pressed about how that could be accomplished, the prime minister laughed. “You go in, and you take it out,” he said.
“I’m not going to talk about military means, but what President Trump has said to me, ‘I want to go in there.’ And I think it can be done physically. That’s not a problem. If you have an agreement, and if you enter, and you give it, why? That is the best way.”
The US and Israel launched firstattacks against Iran in Februaryto kill the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Trump previously gave varying estimates on the length of the war but at one point predicted the conflict would last four to five weeks. This battle is now in its sixth week, with Trumphe sworethen continue to bomb the area until “PEACE IN THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST AND, OF COURSE, THE WORLD!” was reached.
Since then the US has entered into a ceasefire with Iran, and negotiations have taken placesputtered together. However, Netanyahu declined to say how long the full operation would take.
“I’m not going to give a timeline for that, but I will say that’s a very important mission,” he said.
