President Isaac Herzog met Tuesday with Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna during the minister’s visit to Israel, expressing appreciation for Estonia’s show of support during the ongoing war and highlighting the close relationship between the two countries.

Herzog thanked Tsahkna for coming to Israel at a time of conflict, saying the visit reflects the strength of ties between the two nations.

During the meeting, Herzog addressed recent strikes targeting senior Iranian figures, including the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani. “It seems that Ali Larijani was removed and incapacitated, and so was the Commander of the Basij. This is a very important step, because the people of Iran need to have the lid open so that they can protest.”

He went on to recount Larijani’s alleged role in past regional conflict, pointing to events surrounding the Second Lebanon War. “I will remind people about Ali Larijani. In 2006 there was the Second Lebanon War. How did it start? By the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers who were doing their patrol on the border. Ali Larijani, that morning took a flight out of Lebanon. He was there as head of the National Security Council of Iran – he came to plan with Nasrallah this operation, give him the okay, because that’s how they operate with proxies. And that was one of the most brutal wars we had. That was the first in a series of wars.

“So, Ali Larijani spread terror and hate in the worst kind of decision making processes throughout the history in the last generation. And so is the head of the Basij. I hope, sincerely, that the Middle East will see a new horizon out of this conflict. And I hope that also the benefit of the world and Europe will be the same,” the President concluded.

{Matzav.com}