Israel's goal is not regime change in Iran, foreign minister says

 Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar says regime change in Iran is not the objective of the IDF's military action. It might be a result of it, but it is not the objective, he says.

The comments were made while on a visit to the central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion, which was hit by Iranian strikes.

Sa'ar told reporters gathered there that Israel had three key objectives: "First of all, to severely damage the nuclear programme [of Iran] - we haven't finished with that.

"We still have targets," Sa'ar adds, claiming that Israel's warplanes now have superiority in Iranian air space.

He says Israel's second objective is to "severely damage the ballistic missile programme of the Iranian regime" and finally to "severely damage the plan to eliminate the state of Israel".