‘US, Israel Have Identical Goals On Iran’: Netanyahu Says Ready For Any Scenario If War Resumes

Last Updated:April 16, 2026, 01:27 IST

While a ceasefire remains in place, Netanyahu warned it was “too early to say how this will end,” stressing that Israel is ready for all contingencies.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday (local time) asserted that Israel and the US are fully aligned in their objective to contain Iran, and it is ready to face any scenario is the war resumes.

In a video statement shared on X, the Israeli leader said, “Our American friends are constantly updating us on the contacts with Iran. Our goals are identical. In anticipation of the possibility that the fighting will resume, we are prepared for any scenario."

“Our objectives with the United States are aligned. We want to see Iran’s enriched material removed, and we want to see the elimination of its enrichment capability inside Iran. And of course, we want to see the reopening of straits," he added.

While a ceasefire remains in place, Netanyahu warned it was “too early to say how this will end," stressing that Israel is ready for all contingencies.

At the same time, Israel continued its military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu said that he has instructed the military ​to continue reinforcing the security zone in southern Lebanon ​while negotiating a peace ⁠deal with Beirut.

He further said that the talks with Lebanon are underway — the first such negotiations in decades — aimed at pushing Hezbollah away from the border and achieving what he described as “a sustainable peace through strength."

“These negotiations have not taken place for over ​40 years. They are happening now because we are very ​strong, and countries are coming to us – not only Lebanon," he said.

He said that in talks with Lebanon, Israel has two main objectives – dismantling ​of Hezbollah and a sustainable peace that is “achieved through ​strength."

Netanyahu said that Israeli forces were focused on Bint Jbeil, which he called the capital of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

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