Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the war with Iran is "not over" because Tehran still possesses enriched uranium that must be removed.
"I think it accomplished a great deal. But it's not over because there's still nuclear material, enriched uranium, that has to be taken out of Iran," Netanyahu told CBS News in an interview aired Sunday.
Netanyahu stated that the objectives of the US-Israeli war on Iran include dismantling enrichment infrastructure and preventing Iran from rebuilding missile and proxy networks.
He declined to discuss military plans but noted that if there is an agreement, "you go in and you take it out," referring to the uranium stockpile.
On Saturday, Israeli media reported that US President Donald Trump assured Netanyahu he would not make concessions regarding the stockpile.
Early Sunday, Iran responded to the latest US peace plan, calling for compensation from the United States and stressing its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran rejected the US plan, describing it as "excessive demands" that ignore the "fundamental rights of the Iranian nation."
US aid rethink
Netanyahu also expressed a desire for Israel to gradually end its dependence on US military aid, which currently stands at $3.8 billion a year.
"I think that it's time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support and go from aid to partnership," he said, suggesting a ten-year transition.
Additionally, Netanyahu claimed that "China gave a certain amount of support" to Iran's missile manufacturing and expressed concern over "the deterioration of the support for Israel in the United States' due to social media influence.
