Netanyahu, Top U.S. Commander Warn of More Attacks by Iran in the Middle East

U.S. Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie spoke over the weekend about the probability of a large-scale attack by Iran in the Middle East. “My judgment is that it is very possible they will attack again,” General McKenzie said in an interview ahead of an international security conference on Saturday.

“It’s the trajectory and the direction that they’re on,” he added. “The attack on the oil fields in Saudi was stunning in the depth of its audaciousness,” he said speaking in a series of interviews. “I wouldn’t rule that out going forward.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted McKenzie’s remarks at the opening of a cabinet meeting Sunday and said that Iran was planning “additional attacks.”

McKenzie “said that Iran is planning another attack. It’s true – additional attacks,” Netanyahu added. “But Iran doesn’t only attack its neighbors and us [Israel], Iran also attacks its citizens. In recent week they have massacred hundreds of Iranian citizens.”  An Amnesty International report last week said that more than 100 Iranians were killed during the protests in Iran.