Israel’s UN ambassador asserts that the country will persist in its airstrikes on Iran until the perceived nuclear threat is completely dismantled.

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Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has vowed “we will not stop” attacks on Iran until the “nuclear threat is dismantled” and “its war machine is disarmed”.

The two countries traded angry accusations at the United Nations Security Council, as its secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned that expansion of the Israel-Iran conflict could “ignite a fire no one can control”.

Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon vowed: “We will not stop. Not until Iran’s nuclear threat is dismantled, not until its war machine is disarmed.”

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His Iranian counterpart Amir Saeid Iravani said Iran would continue to respond to Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear sites that Israel sees as part of a weapons programme.

Donald Trump is seeking advice about whether to support Israel’s military involvement and is expected make a decision in the next two weeks.

But he told reporters in New Jersey on Friday that his director of national intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, was wrong in suggesting there is no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon.

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Source: https://news.sky.com/story/israel-will-not-stop-attacks-until-irans-nuclear-threat-is-dismantled-says-israels-un-ambassador-13386434