Jerusalem, Sep 17 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would topple Iran’s government, eliminate Hamas and continue its campaign against Hezbollah.
“We will eliminate Hamas, and first and foremost we will defeat the regime in Iran. We will topple it. It will fall,” Netanyahu said at a ceremony honouring members of Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security agency, Xinhua News Agency reported.
He also said that one of Israel’s objectives, nearly three years into the war, was to continue pursuing Palestinians involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack. “No one is immune,” he warned.
On September 6, Netanyahu said that the end of the regime in Iran is near and it is fighting for its life, noting that there is another mission to complete.
He made these remarks at a Rosh Hashanah Toast during the government meeting.
“We are on the threshold of Rosh Hashanah, and more than ever, the State of Israel comes first. Thanks to the wise and courageous decisions we made together around this table, thanks to the heroism of our fighters, thanks to the resilience of our people — we have achieved tremendous accomplishments. Israel is stronger than ever; our enemies are weaker than ever. Together with the United States, we have achieved tremendous successes in removing an existential threat hanging over our heads. We have pushed away atomic bombs and ballistic missiles, and we have struck the Iranian axis with immense power,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office quoted Netanyahu as saying.
“We are determined to defend ourselves; we are determined to strike our enemies. They are not attacking us. Iran is refraining from doing so, and it knows why. Of course, it could err and make the mistake of attacking us anyway. It will suffer a blow it cannot even imagine,” the Israeli Prime Minister highlighted.
He said that Israel is the strongest superpower in the Middle East and warned the enemies, ‘Do not try us.’
“I say to our enemies: Do not try us. This (Israeli) people knows how to unite in moments of testing, and right now it is the strongest superpower in the Middle East, and some say even beyond,” Netanyahu added.
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