By Erin Banco
March 19 (Reuters) – Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday during a hearing in front of the House intelligence committee that the American and Israeli objectives during the military campaign in Iran are not the same.
“The objectives that have been laid out by the president are different from the objectives that have been laid out by the Israeli government,” Gabbard said.
“We can see through the operations that the Israeli government has been focused on disabling the Iranian leadership. The president has stated that his objectives are to destroy Iran’s ballistic missiles launching capability, their ballistic missile production capability, and their navy,” she added.
(Reporting by Erin Banco; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
