“Israel” will “finish the job” against the Iranian threat with US support, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who started a Middle East Tour with Tel Aviv being his first stop.

 

"Over the last 16 months, Israel has dealt a mighty blow to Iran's terror access under the strong leadership of President (Donald) Trump and with your unflinching support, I have no doubt that we can and will finish the job." Netanyahu said, adding "Israel and America stand shoulder to shoulder in countering the threat of Iran."

 

On Gaza’s future, Netanyahu said that “Israel” and Trump had a “common strategy”.

 

"We discussed Trump's bold vision for Gaza's future and will work to ensure that vision becomes a reality," Netanyahu told reporters after the meeting, adding that the two leaders had a "common strategy" for the future of the war-ravaged Strip.

 

For his part, Rubio said that Hamas “must be eliminated” and that they cannot “continue as a military or a government force”.

 

Rubio called Iran the “greatest” source of instability in the Middle East, and vowed that Iran would never become a nuclear power.

 

"There can never be a nuclear Iran, a nuclear Iran that could then hold itself immune from pressure and from action. That can never happen.”