Israel may launch ‘symbolic’ attack on Iran nuclear facilities, says Ehud Barak

Israeli former prime minister says in interview it is too late to significantly set back Tehran's nuclear ambitions, and that a massive' attack on Iran's oil facilities is likely

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Israel is likely to mount a large-scale airstrike against Iran's oil industry and possibly a symbolic attack on a military target related to its nuclear programme, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak has predicted.

Barak said there was no doubt there would be an Israeli military response to Iran's assault on Tuesday with over 180 ballistic missiles, most of which were intercepted, but some landed on and around densely populated areas and Israeli military bases.