‘Window to act against Iran’: Gallant addresses Israel’s strike on Islamic Republic – report

Conceptual image of war between Israel and Iran using chess pieces and national flags (photo credit: INGIMAGE)

JERUSALEM POST | Published December 15, 2024

Israel can strike Iran in a “forceful and sophisticated manner. If needed, we will not hesitate to act,” Gallant was cited as saying.

Israel’s October 26 strike against Iran in retaliation to the Islamic Republic’s October 1 attack on the Jewish state left a window of opportunities to target Iran before it achieves nuclear weapons, former defense minister Yoav Gallant told Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, as detailed in an opinion piece published on Saturday.

The opinion piece, headlined “With Iran’s guard down, the US and Israel face an urgent choice,” Gallant was further quoted as saying, “We showed that Iran is vulnerable,” adding that Israel’s Operation Days of Repentance created “a window to act against Iran.”

The aim of the operation, according to Gallant, was to ensure that in its aftermath, “Iran is weaker and Israel is stronger.”

Gallant was further cited as saying that there was no longer a “strategic defense around Tehran.”

The opinion piece also quoted senior officials in the Biden administration as saying that they discerned a chance for “coercive diplomacy” with regard to Iran’s nuclear aspirations.