Israeli official responds to Trump: War with Iran not finished yet

An Israeli official has criticised remarks by US President Donald Trump suggesting the war with Iran is close to ending, saying the conflict is “not finished yet”.

Speaking on Monday, the senior Israeli official said: “Nothing has been completed yet. Our initial assessment was that the battle would take about two weeks.”

The comments were reported by Israel’s privately owned Channel 15 television, which did not name the official.

Earlier on Monday evening, Trump told CBS News that the war was nearly over.

He said: “I think the war is very complete, pretty ​much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got ​no Air Force.” 

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He added: the US ⁠is “very far” ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame for the war.         

Since 28th February, Israel and the United States have been carrying out attacks on Iran that have killed hundreds of people, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several security officials.

Tehran has responded by launching waves of missiles and drones towards Israel.

Iran has also fired missiles and drones at what it calls “US interests” in Gulf countries, as well as Jordan and Iraq. The attacks have caused deaths and injuries and damaged civilian property.

The targeted Arab countries have condemned the strikes and called for the attacks to stop.

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