Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, described Iran as “the greatest threat to our world” and said Israel would act not only against Iran’s allies in the Middle East but against the Islamic republic itself.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Mr Netanyahu held up a piece of what he said was an Iranian drone that had last week entered Israeli airspace. He said Israel would “not allow Iran’s regime to put a noose of terror around our neck”.
“We will act without hesitation to defend ourselves and we will act, if necessary, not just against Iran’s proxies that are attacking us, but also against Iran itself,” he told the conference.