The la lnding follows a call where Netanyahu told President Donald Trump that the two leaders would "finish it together" regarding military objectives in Iran. These high-level coordination efforts occur 8 days before Israel's Oct. 27 parliamentary election, and Hegseth later posted that the mission was intended to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Tehran has since warned that the era of "hit-and-run" attacks has ended and that any renewed military aggression will be met with retaliation.
