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Netanyahu says toppling Iran's regime is Israel's 'central mission' and within reach

Mountain Time
Local time
9:00 PM in Jerusalem
Where
Tel Aviv, Israel

At a Rosh Hashanah toast with the IDF General Staff Forum in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran's regime is 'faltering' and that toppling it is 'the central mission that still lies ahead of us, but it is close... It is within reach.' He added that Iran is 'attacking everyone except us.'

Why it matters

Israel has stayed out of the renewed U.S.-Iran exchanges, but its leaders are publicly setting regime change as the goal ahead of Oct. 27 elections in which some polls show Netanyahu trailing.

Sources (6)

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Correction

  • Corrected the time from 12:19 AM Jerusalem time, Sep 4, 2026 to 9:00 PM Jerusalem time, Sep 3, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "Netanyahu Calls Toppling Iran's Regime Israel's 'Central Mission'"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Israel to Tel Aviv, Israel; changed the confidence label from reported to official; reclassified it from statement to political; updated the sourcing note; merged a duplicate entry into this one ("Netanyahu says toppling Iran's regime is 'within reach'"); added 3 sources: The Times of Israel, CBS News live updates, Al Jazeera live. Why and evidence