"We will strike every site and every target" of Iranian regime, Israel's PM warns

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed in a Saturday video speech that Israel will "strike every target" of Iran's government as long-standing adversaries' tensions keep ablaze.

Netanyahu said that in the “very near future, you will see Israeli planes, the Israeli Air Force, our brave pilots, above the skies of Tehran.”

“We will strike every site and every target of the Ayatollah’s regime,” he warned.

The Israeli leader said his country’s goal was to eliminate Iran’s “dual threat” to Israel, referring to both Tehran’s nuclear capabilities and ballistic missile arsenal.

Israel has already "caused a very severe blow," he said, to Iran's principal nuclear plant. “We hit the uranium enrichment facility which is vital for the production of bombs. We also hit the leading team of scientists who lead these projects. And this will definitely set them back, and it’s possible that it will set them back for many years,” he said.

Israel's military says it killed nine of Iran's top nuclear scientists Friday as part of its strikes aimed at crippling the country's nuclear capabilities.

The Israeli military said the scientists had played key roles in advancing Iran's nuclear program, and called their deaths a "significant blow" to Iran's ability to pursue weapons of mass destruction.