Iran is the primary destabilizing factor in the ‎‎Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on ‎Sunday, adding that “the ‎fight against the Islamic ‎republic’s aggression is ‎not over. It is still ‎ongoing.”

Speaking ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting, ‎Netanyahu addressed the volatile situation on the ‎northern borders, saying that Israel will continue ‎to spare no effort to prevent ‎Iran from entrenching ‎itself militarily in Syria, ‎including foiling any ‎weapon deliveries from Syria ‎to Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in ‎Lebanon.

‎“We are working to prevent Iran from obtaining ‎nuclear weapons, and we are also working to prevent ‎Iran from establishing itself in Syria, where it can ‎act against us. We are also working to prevent the delivery of lethal weapons from Syria to Lebanon or their production in Lebanon. All these weapons are aimed against the State of ‎Israel. We have the right to self-defense, and ‎therefore, the right to prevent their production and ‎transfer,” the prime minister stressed. ‎

Netanyahu said he spoke with U.S. Secretary of ‎State Mike Pompeo over the weekend.

‎“I told him I greatly appreciated the American ‎administration’s steadfast position on the nuclear ‎agreement and against Iranian aggression in our ‎region,” he said. ‎

Commenting on the riots on the Israel-Gaza Strip ‎border, the prime minister stressed that “Israel ‎will not tolerate attacks emanating from Gaza. Our ‎security forces are working around the clock to ‎defend the State of Israel, its borders and its ‎citizens.” ‎

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