The Israeli military said on Tuesday it was prepared for weeks more fighting, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the war with Iran was beyond the halfway point.Netanyahu told the conservative US broadcaster Newsmax on Monday that the war was "definitely beyond the halfway point," but declined to give a timeframe.
He added that the halfway point referred to missions, "not necessarily in terms of time."
When asked for the military's stance at an online media briefing, spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said decisions on timing belonged to the political echelon.
"We are prepared to keep operating for weeks to come," he told journalists.
"We have the targets for that, the munition for that, the manpower for that. And it's up to... the leadership to decide that," he added.
The Middle East war started on February 28, when joint US and Israeli strikes on Iran sparked retaliatory attacks across the region.
US President Donald Trump initially said the operation would last for four to six weeks.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the war would last "weeks" further instead of months, amid growing US public opposition to a conflict that has sent oil prices soaring.
