Only through Beirut fulfilling its commitments under the Nov. 26, 2024, ceasefire understandings with Jerusalem, Netanyahu said, “can a better future be made possible for every citizen in Lebanon—and only in this way can good and secure neighborly relations be established,” he said.
The premier in his remarks congratulated the IDF on the “professional, accurate and successful” strike and vowed that, “under my leadership, the State of Israel will not allow Hezbollah to rebuild its power and we will not allow it to pose a threat to the State of Israel again.”
Netanyahu noted that Tabatabai was a “mass murderer” whose hands were “soaked in the blood of many Israelis and Americans, and it is not for nothing that the U.S. put a bounty of five million dollars on his head.” The slain Hezbollah commander led the terror group’s Radwan Force, which has been preparing “to conquer the Galilee and slaughter many of our citizens,” said Netanyahu. (Read More)
