India, Feb. 28 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US President Donald Trump "for his historic leadership" as the he announced that the two countries launched an operation "to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran" on Saturday.

"For 47 years, the Ayatollah regime has called for 'Death to Israel', 'Death to America.' It has shed our blood, murdered many Americans, and slaughtered its own people," Netanyahu said.

"This murderous terrorist regime must not be allowed to arm itself with nuclear weapons that would enable it to threaten all of humanity," he added, claiming that the joint action "will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their destiny into their own hands".

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