According to Jin10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 14 on the evening of October 19 that he had instructed the Israel Defense Forces, Israeli intelligence and special services (Mossad), and the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate to “overthrow the Iranian regime.” Referring to U.S. President Donald Trump’s earlier public support, Netanyahu said Trump’s position was “very clear”: the “core task is to completely eliminate the existential threat Iran poses to Israel.”