Tel Aviv, March 3 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (local time) backed the US-Israeli military action against Iran as a part of Operation Epic Fury/Roaring Lion, noting that it protects not only US, Israel but also the world at large from 'theological thuggery'.

In an interview to Fox News, the Israeli PM said, "It's not a terrible thing to protect humanity, to protect America, to protect Israel, to protect the free world from this theological thuggery. These fanatics who don't care -- who just export death, mass death, everywhere."

In a slew of scathing remarks, he slammed Iran for murdering thousands of Americans and spreading a worldwide web of terror.

He said, "Iran for 47 years has been chanting death to Amer...