❗On 17 April Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would ‘make its own decision’ regarding the nature of an attack on Iran:

“They have all sorts of suggestions and advice. I appreciate that. But I want to make it clear – we will make our own decisions, and the state of Israel will do everything necessary to defend itself,” Netanyahu said in a public statement.

The press release follows meetings with Germany and the UK’s foreign ministers, that conveyed de-escalatory messages to Netanyahu on how to proceed following Iran's retaliatory operation True Promise.