By eliminating Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Israel “settled accounts” with a “mass murderer” responsible for the deaths of countless Israelis and dozens of Americans and French – he noted Benjamin Netanyahu in his first public appearance after the group confirmed the death of the Hezbollah leader on Saturday morning. At the time of Friday's attack, the Israeli prime minister was in New York, where he was attending the General Assembly UNbut he shortened his visit to the USA and returned to the country on Saturday.
Netanyahu noted that Nasrallah was not “just any terrorist, he was 'that' terrorist” and, according to him, he and his comrades were sent to the same place as “other architects of the plan to destroy Israel.” The Israeli prime minister added that the killed Hezbollah leader was “the main driving force of Iran's axis of evil” and in many cases it was he who stimulated it Iran to action, not the other way around.
Death of the Hezbollah leader. The Prime Minister of Israel gave the order
The Prime Minister said that gave the order killing Nasrallah because his death was a “necessary condition” for achieving Israel's war goals, i.e. “the safe return of the inhabitants of the north of the country to their homes and a change in the balance of power in the region for years.” He explained that Nasrallah, if he were alive, would quickly rebuild Hezbollah's combat capabilities destroyed in recent Israeli airstrikes.
Office of the Minister of Defense Joawa Galanta reported on Saturday evening that he held a meeting regarding the army's readiness to “expand offensive operations” on the northern front. The Israeli military has previously reported that soldiers are being prepared for a possible land operation in southern Lebanon.
Following the assassination of the Hezbollah leader, international leaders spoke out, calling for the restoration of stability in the region. President Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan he called the attack Israel's policy of “genocide, occupation and invasion.” He then called on the UN Security Council to stop Israel.
In turn, the president of the USA Joe Biden considered the “elimination” of the Hezbollah leader a “measure of justice.” He added that his country's goal is “de-escalation of conflicts in Gaza and Labna through diplomatic means“.
War in the Gaza Strip. Israel launched a massive attack on Lebanon
In the fall of 2023, after the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip, supported by Iran Hezbollah began regular shelling of northern Israel, which is met with strong counterattacks. Since Monday, the Israeli military has been carrying out massive airstrikes on… Lebanon. It has already died in them over 700 peopleand about half a million Lebanese residents fled their homes.
Israel emphasizes that the airstrikes are aimed at the infrastructure and fighters of the terrorist Hezbollah, and the aim of the operation is to restore security in the north of the country, from where over 60,000 people had to flee before the attacks. inhabitants.
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