‘Beyond The Halfway Point’: Israel’s Netanyahu Says Major Goals Achieved In Iran War

Closing Updated:March 31, 2026, 04:40 IST

Benjamin Netanyahu says war on Iran is beyond halfway in missions, claims main wound to Irans militia and nuclear skill.

Israeli Top Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the continuing war against Iran has progressed “beyond the halfway level,” though he declined to specify when the conflict might end.

Speaking to Newsmax, Netanyahu clarified that his assessment referred to operational goals rather than time. “It’s definitely beyond the halfway point. But I don’t want to put a schedule on it,” he stated, adding that the benchmark was per “missions, now not necessarily through time.”

The Israeli leader further said that the campaign has already achieved significant objectives, including the killing of thousands of members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and major damage to Iran’s military and industrial infrastructure. He added that efforts to weaken Iran’s arms production and nuclear capabilities were nearing completion.

“Just the whole industrial base — wiping out all, you know, just plants, entire plants, and the nuclear program itself,” he stated.

Netanyahu also expressed confidence that Iran’s recent system of governance would possibly perchance seemingly in a roundabout plot crumple from interior stress, at the same time as he wired that the immediate aim stays degrading the country’s militia power.

“I’ve this regime will crumple internally. Nonetheless for the time being, correct now, what we’re doing is ideally suited degrading their militia skill, degrading their missile skill, degrading their nuclear skill and also weakening them from the internal,” Netanyahu said.

These comments came as US President Donald Trump, who launched the military campaign alongside Israel on February 28, had earlier suggested the operation could last four to six weeks. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the war would last “weeks” further as an replacement of months, amid wide US public opposition to a war that has despatched oil costs hovering.

Netanyahu and Trump maintain persistently alleged that Iran was shut to building a nuclear weapon, a claim now not supported by the UN nuclear watchdog and that comes regardless of Trump asserting he “obliterated” key sites in attacks last year.

The war has intensified geopolitical tensions and economic concerns globally, with rising oil prices and growing opposition within the United States to a prolonged conflict.

(With inputs from agencies)

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