Kuala Lumpur: Israel defence minister warned Thursday his country will strike Iran after a fatal drone strike on an oil tanker at sea.
The attack on the oil tanker Mercer Street killed two people and is blamed on Iran. The tanker struck off Oman in the Arabian Sea, is managed by a firm owned by an Israeli billionaire says Arab News.
Speaking to the news website Ynet, Gantz responded to whether Israel was prepared to attack Iran with a blunt “yes.”
“We are at a point where we need to take military action against Iran,” Gantz said. “The world needs to take action against Iran now.”
Ebrahim Raisi was inaugurated as Iran’s next president on Thursday, signalling the start of a new harder-line era in Iran.
