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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Iran no longer the same after US-Israeli assault

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran’s elite forces have been hit hard after U.S.-Israeli strikes, emphasizing daily open talks with President Donald Trump amid ongoing conflict.

Maayan Lubell and Rami Ayyub/Reuters

March 13, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Iran no longer the same after US-Israeli assault

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations, in Jerusalem, February 15, 2026.

Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Iran was no longer the same after nearly two weeks of joint U.S.-Israeli attacks and had suffered blows to its elite forces, as he appeared in his first press conference since the start of the war.


Netanyahu said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump nearly every day and that the two men spoke "openly".

-Maayan Lubell and Rami Ayyub/Reuters

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