Germany's interior minister backs Israel’s strikes on Iran

Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt expressed support for Israel’s recent attacks on Iran during a visit to Israel on Sunday, according to a report by Tagesschau.

Speaking on Sunday at a rocket impact site in Tel Aviv alongside Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Dobrindt said Germany backs Israel’s efforts in recent weeks to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.

“We must deepen our support for Israel,” Dobrindt said.

Sa'ar for his part, thanked Dobrindt for "coming on a solidarity visit to Israel," and urged the E3 countries - UK, Germany and France - to activate snap back sanctions against Iran.

"Israel acted to remove an immediate existential threat and did so successfully. Now, the international system has a duty to take concrete steps against the Iranian nuclear program, in light of the Iranian regime's attacks on the IAEA and its announcement that it will stop cooperating with it," Sa'ar said, according to a statement by Israel's foreign ministry.