Israeli foreign minister, Yisrael Katz, threatened on Tuesday to take military action against Iran, in order to undermine its efforts in obtaining nuclear weapons, Israeli media reported.

Axar.az reports citing Haaretz that Italy’s Corriere Della Sera newspaper posed the question to Katz, “is bombing Iran an option that Israel is considering?”

Katz’s response to this was “yes, it is an option. We will not allow Iran to produce or obtain nuclear weapons. If it were the last possible way to stop this, we would act militarily.”

Katz asserted that Iran is not familiar with the reality of Israel, stating that “the Iranians have no idea who they’re dealing with. If they realized that 1,000 Tomahawk missiles could be fired at them, they would behave differently. We know that there is no real threat to the regime itself.”

Meanwhile, Haaretz reported the Israeli minister criticizing European countries for not supporting US president, Donald Trump, who withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

“As long as the Iranians delude themselves into thinking they have Europe’s backing, it will be more difficult for them to back down.”