Netanyahu explained that Iran did not learn its lesson from the strikes on its nuclear sites last June and had begun to rebuild its nuclear program, forcing further action.

“The reason that we had to act now is because, after we hit their nuclear sites and their ballistic missiles program, you'd think they learned a lesson. But they didn't, because they're unreformable. They're totally fanatic about this, about the goal of destroying America," said the Prime Minister.

“So they started building new sites, new places, underground bunkers, that would make their ballistic missile program and their atomic bomb program immune within months. If no action was taken now, no action could be taken in the future. And then they could target America, they could blackmail America, they could threaten us and threaten everyone in between."