Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed President Donald Trump’s drone attack on General Qassem Soleimani, saying America has “exactly the same right” to self-defense as his country.
Speaking in a statement video published online Friday morning, Netanyahu accused the late head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Quds Force of planning attacks on Americans, echoing a statement from the Pentagon.
He also said President Trump deserved “credit” for acting “swiftly” and “forcefully” with the drone attack on Soleimani, just days after protesters attacked the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
The American commander-in-chief directed the strike on Soleimani at Baghdad’s International Airport Thursday night, which also killed two Iraqi militia officials.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has responded to the assassination of the country’s top general by pledging to “take revenge for this heinous crime.”
In a video posted on Twitter this morning, the Israeli PM said: “Just as Israel has the right of self-defense, the United States has exactly the same right.
“Qassem Soleimani is responsible for the death of American citizens and many other innocent people. He was planning more such attacks.
