Netanyahu says Iran war goals achieved ‘beyond halfway point’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the war on Iran had achieved more than half its aims, without putting a timeline on when it would end.“It’s definitely beyond the halfway point. But I don’t want to put a schedule on it,” Netanyahu told the conservative US broadcaster Newsmax.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.He added that he meant the war was more than halfway “in terms of missions, not necessarily in terms of time.”President Donald Trump, who launched the war with Netanyahu on February 28, initially said the operation would last for four to six weeks.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the war would last “weeks” further instead of months, amid wide US public opposition to a conflict that has sent oil prices soaring.Netanyahu said the war had achieved goals including killing “thousands” of members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.Israel and the United States are also “close to finishing

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