Benjamin Netanyahu to sit down with Fox News' Bret Baier amid Israeli conflict with Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu volition beryllium down with Fox News "Special Report" anchor Bret Baier for an exclusive interrogation amid his country's military cognition against Iran.

The unrecorded interrogation with Netanyahu volition aerial Sunday during a peculiar variation of "Special Report" astatine 12 p.m. ET. This marks Netanyahu’s archetypal interrogation since Israel’s onslaught connected Iran’s atomic programme and enactment that began this week.

Israel launched sweeping airstrikes connected Iran connected Friday, targeting the Islamic Republic's atomic facilities, subject infrastructure and elder subject and civilian leaders. Iran has since retaliated with a large-scale ballistic rocket onslaught connected Israeli cities, though galore of the projectiles were thwarted.

Israel continued to grow its run connected Saturday, striking astatine the superior of Tehran and Iran's lipid and state program, and weakening Iran's retaliatory capabilities. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Fox News anchor Bret Baier. (Getty Images / Fox News)

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Baier's interrogation with Netanyahu comes arsenic Israel and Iran's long-running proxy struggle has exploded and ignited fears of broader determination violence. Israel is already grappling with the Gaza war against the violent radical Hamas that has captured planetary attraction since 2023.

According to the IDF, the cognition has already killed 9 elder scientists and experts moving connected Iran's atomic weapons program.

Netanyahu has described Operation Rising Lion arsenic "one of the top subject operations successful history," aimed astatine dismantling Iran's atomic and ballistic rocket threat. Addressing the Iranian people, helium said they had been oppressed for 50 years by the aforesaid Islamic authorities that has agelong threatened to destruct the State of Israel.

"The nonsubjective of Israel's cognition is to thwart the Islamic regime's atomic and ballistic rocket menace to us. As we execute our nonsubjective we are besides clearing the way for you to execute your freedom."

Aftermath of Israeli onslaught connected Iran (AP:Getty)

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"In the past 24 hours, we person taken retired apical subject commanders, elder atomic scientists, the Islamic regime's astir important enrichment installation and a ample information of its ballistic rocket arsenal. More is connected the way," helium added. "The authorities does not cognize what deed them, oregon what volition deed them. It has ne'er been weaker."

President Donald Trump urged Iran successful the aftermath of the strikes to travel to the array and marque a woody connected its atomic program.

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On Saturday, helium posted connected Truth Social that helium and Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken astatine magnitude and agreed "this warfare successful Israel-Iran should end," portion adding helium urged Putin to besides extremity his warfare successful Ukraine arsenic well.