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(NewsNation) — Yechiel Leiter, Israeli ambassador to the United States, tells NewsNation that Israel volition not halt until it has eliminated Iran's atomic infrastructure.
Leiter joined "CUOMO" successful the aftermath of Iranian airstrikes connected Israel successful effect to Israel's attacks connected Thursday.
"This is not a time oregon 2 operation," Leiter explained, referring to what's to come.
"This is simply a week oregon 2 operation, possibly a period oregon 2 operation, arsenic agelong arsenic it takes successful bid to eliminate, successful total, the atomic infrastructure of Iran and their ballistic rocket program."
On Friday, Iran retaliated with much than 100 drone strikes against Israel aft it killed respective elder Iranian leaders and deed immoderate of its atomic sites Thursday night.
Leiter said determination were 3 reasons cardinal to the timing of Thursday night's onslaught connected Iran: the archetypal time beyond President Trump's deadline for Iran to dismantle their weapons systems and uranium enrichment, the precocious released International Atomic Energy Agency report and Israeli intel that Iran is "racing guardant and utilizing the negotiations successful bid to screen their sprint towards a atomic bomb."
Iran announced Friday it had pulled retired of atomic talks with the United States, suspending them until further notice.
"They are a decease cult [and] person nary respect whatsoever for quality life," Leiter added.
