Yair Lapid

"This brave step serves the security and safety of the entire free world. I hope it will lead to a better future for the Middle East," President Isaac Herzog said in a statment.

"In talks with international officials and in the international press, I repeatedly say - the US must join this battle. A nuclear Iran is a threat to the entire world, not just Israel,” Lapid said.

Opposition leader and Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid’s son’s home was also damaged.

Prime Minister Netanyahu is my political rival but his decision to strike Iran at this moment in time is the right one. The whole country is united in this moment, nothing will divide us.

Israeli politicians react to Israel's airstrikes on Iran as part of Operation "Rising Lion."

Despite public announcements that they would support the dispersal bill, haredi politicians were slightly more hesitant on Tuesday night as to whether they would follow through on their threat.

“Israel needs both scholars and soldiers, but how they determine the balance is not something I could or would weigh in on," Huckabee wrote on X.

"I hope and believe that the report that he is interfering in Israel’s internal politics and trying to help Netanyahu face the ultra-Orthodox in the evasion law crisis cannot be true," said Lapid.

A new poll reveals that Cohen would only receive four mandates, three of which would come from the Change Bloc.

"I strongly oppose transferring any aid to Gaza, at a time when our hostages are rotting in Hamas's tunnels, and our brave soldiers are manoeuvring in the Strip," he said.