Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released another video in English, opening with birthday greetings to US President Donald Trump. "You are an exceptional leader," he said. "You've done wonderful things for Israel. An exceptional friend to the Jewish state and to me personally. We appreciate what you are doing now – helping to protect Israeli lives against the criminal regime in Iran." He then addressed the attack on Iran, saying "We have indications that senior officials in Iran are already packing their suitcases. If we hadn't acted, we had information that this regime planned to transfer the nuclear weapons it would develop to its terrorist proxies."