#IsraelIranConflict They believe that the Iranians are as debilitated as they are going to be in the region after last year's degradation of Hezbollah in Lebanon - that took away a huge deterrent factor from Israel.

Netanyahu felt that now was the time, even if the Americans don't like it.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a brief statement soon after news of the military strikes broke, putting distance between the US and what he called