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Israeli opposition leaders rally behind government as Israel and US strike Iran

Advertisement Homepage (Clockwise from top left): The Democrats chief Yair Golan, Yesh Atid chief and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, Blue and White chief Benny Gantz and Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman hold a joint press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The heads of Israel’s political opposition rallied around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the military on Saturday, after Jerusalem and Washington launched a major joint strike on Iran, with waves of attacks on sites across the Islamic Republic continuing throughout the day. “We are united behind the pilots, fighters and security forces in the most justified operation there is,” Opposition Leader Yair Lapid declared in a video address, insisting that there were no political implications” of Israel’s war against Iran.

Israeli opposition leaders rally behind government as Israel and US strike Iran

Credit: Timesofisrael

Key Highlights

  • “We are all united on the operation,” he said, only days after boycotting a speech by Netanyahu during an official state visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • The strikes on Saturday targeted top Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who an Israeli official later said was dead.
  • Targets in the campaign, which began shortly after 8 a. m.
  • Israel time, also included Iran’s military, symbols of government and intelligence targets, according to an official briefed on the operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic information on the attack.
  • Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Newsletter email address Get it By signing up, you agree to the terms Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, a leading rival to Netanyahu in the upcoming elections, expressed his “full support for the IDF, the Israeli government and the prime minister.” Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a conference in Herzliya on November 19, 2025.
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