“We listen to the American government’s thoughts, but will make our final decisions based on Israel’s national security needs,” the Prime Minister's Office said.
The decision to respond to Iran’s missile attack against Israel will be “based on Israel’s national security needs,” according to a statement released by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overnight Monday.
“We listen to the American government’s thoughts, but will make our final decisions based on Israel’s national security needs,” the statement continued.
The statement was an apparent response to a Washington Post report on Monday that Netanyahu had informed U.S. President Joe Biden that Israel’s retaliatory strike on the Islamic Republic would avoid oil and nuclear installations and instead focus on military sites.