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Netanyahu says US strike on Iran will 'change history'

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17505596011751750559600352.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference with Hungary&#x27;s Prime Minister (unseen) after bilateral talks on April 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary.<em> Attila Kisbenedek, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on Sunday for the &quot;bold&quot; <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/22/trump-says-us-carried-out-very-successful-attack-on-three-iran-nuclear-sites-0806">US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites</a>, calling the attack a historic moment that could lead the Middle East to peace.</p><p>&quot;Congratulations President Trump. Your bold decision to target Iran&#x27;s nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history,&quot; Netanyahu said in a video address after Trump announced the US bombing of three Iranian facilities.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/22/trump-says-us-obliterated-iran-nuclear-sites-threatens-more-1052">Trump says US &#x27;obliterated&#x27; Iran nuclear sites, threatens more</a></div><p>The attack demonstrated America was &quot;truly unsurpassed,&quot; Netanyahu said, thanking Trump for creating a &quot;pivot of history&quot; that will &quot;help lead the Middle East and beyond to a future of prosperity and peace&quot;.</p><p>&quot;President Trump and I often say, peace through strength. First comes strength, then comes peace,&quot; Netanyahu said.</p><p>He added in a separate statement that the US attacks had been carried out in coordination with Israel and said the promise of destroying Iran&#x27;s nuclear programme was fulfilled.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/22/us-strikes-on-iran-what-we-know-1002">US strikes on Iran: what we know</a></div><p>Earlier, Trump announced on his social media platform that US warplanes had struck Iran&#x27;s Fordo nuclear enrichment plant, as well as the Natanz and Isfahan facilities.</p><p>The United States joins key ally Israel&#x27;s bombing campaign after Trump spent days mulling possible involvement.</p><p>Israel and Iran have traded wave after wave of devastating strikes since Israel launched attacks on June 13, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon. Iran denies having any such ambition.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/22/us-strikes-on-iran-are-dangerous-escalation-un-chief-1018">US strikes on Iran are &#x27;dangerous escalation&#x27;: UN chief</a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xHL7fTLXSJA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on Sunday after the president said the US military bombed three nuclear sites in Iran.</p>

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on Sunday after the president said the US military bombed three nuclear sites in Iran.