'Iran started this war years ago' ex-Israeli PM Naftali Bennett tells France 24

13/06/2025 15:11 France 24

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett spoke to France 24 following Israel's attack on Iran Friday. He said the operation would continues until Iran's nuclear programme was completely destroyed and said Israel was fighting a "war" started by Iran "years ago".

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Israel PM Netanyahu has been pushing to bomb Iran since the 1990's

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