[JP] The IDF is updating its attack plans against Iran's nuclear facilities, Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed on Thursday in an interview with Fox News.
"We have them [the attack plans] in our hands, but we will continue [to] constantly improve them," Gantz said.
"The Iranian nuclear aspiration must be stopped. If the world stops them before, it's very much good. But if not, we must stand independently and we must defend ourselves by ourselves," Gantz said.
Gantz spoke as US President Joe Biden is working to renew negotiations with the Iranians as part of an effort to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran - known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action [JCPOA].
Israel is opposed to a return to the deal and has laid out a series of demands it would like to see addressed in a future deal.
On Thursday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Vice President Kamala Harris that Israel was totally committed to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons designed to destroy Israel.
The White House said that the two leaders agreed on the need for close cooperation and partnership on regional security issues, "including Iran’s nuclear program and the regime’s dangerous regional behavior."
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