A senior Iranian security official told Qatari channel Al Jazeera that "Tehran is preparing for a prolonged confrontation and will escalate its strikes. Tehran is not the one who started the war, but it will be the one to determine the end. The outcome of the war will be no less than the elimination of Netanyahu's government and his political rule." The senior official further told the Qatari channel that Iran is defending its people and country from "Israeli barbarism, and will continue to do so. Trump needs to decide whether to sacrifice American taxpayer money for Netanyahu's ambitions."