There is an option to physically extract Iran’s enriched uranium from the country, former defense minister Yoav Gallant told Army Radio in a Monday morning interview, following a renewed wave of missile attacks from Iran.
According to Gallant, such an operation would be dangerous, but “worth paying the price to avoid an existential risk, I never sent people on more dangerous operations than what I did myself.”
Gallant also called out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his “display of weakness in the last month,” claiming that Israel is now “paying a heavy price” for it.
“Netanyahu is bringing back the equation perception,” he said.
Iran’s enriched uranium has been a point of contention in the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran.
According to the president, a military operation to forcibly remove Iran’s enriched uranium supplies would take at least two weeks.
“Getting there [Iran] is not like Venezuela. You have to be there for two weeks. You need a lot of equipment,” Trump said.
Reuters contributed to this report.