12:03 EDT 15 Apr 2024 , updated 21:48 EDT 15 Apr 2024
Israel must show it is ‘prepared to go berserk’ on Iran in the wake of its weekend missile onslaught, the country’s hard-line security minister has said.
The country’s war cabinet met on Sunday and again today to discuss the Israeli response to Tehran launching 300 missiles and drones on Saturday, the majority of which were intercepted by Israel and its allies the US, UK, France and Jordan.
According to people familiar with the matter, the five-person cabinet – including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – is considering whether to ‘go big’ in its retaliation, or respond to Iran’s attack in a more measured way.
Nationalist figures in Israel are calling for the former, including Itamar Ben-Gvir – Israel’s national security minister and leader of the most popular Right-wing party – even as the EU warned the Middle East is standing ‘on the edge of a cliff.’
‘Ideas of containment and …