Netanyahu says war ‘crushed’ Iran’s nuclear and missile programs

Netanyahu visits Arad, in the south of the country, after Iranian bombing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the joint campaign led by Israel and the United States against Iran managed to “crush” the Islamic republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. “We managed to destroy the nuclear and missile program,” Netanyahu said this Saturday (11) in a televised address. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp LIVE: Follow the latest news on the war According to him, the war against Tehran also weakened the Iranian leadership and its allies in the region. “They wanted to strangle us, and now we are strangling them. They threatened us with annihilation, and now they are fighting for survival,” he said. Israel says it wants to start peace negotiations On Thursday (9), Netanyahu said he instructed Israel to start peace negotiations with Lebanon, which would also include the disarmament of Hezbollah. “In view of Lebanon’s repeated requests to begin direct negotiations with Israel, I yesterday instructed the cabinet to begin direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible. The negotiations will focus on the disarmament of Hezbollah and the establishment of peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon,” Netanyahu said in a statement. On the same day, a Hezbollah deputy said that the extremist group rejects any direct talks between Israel and Lebanon, according to the AFP news agency. The statements come after Israel carried out on Wednesday (8) the “largest wave of bombings” against Lebanon since the beginning of the war in the Middle East. There were 160 missiles fired at Lebanese territory in an interval of 10 minutes. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported this Saturday (11) that at least 2,020 people have died and 6,436 have been injured in Israeli attacks since March 2, when the offensive began. *With information from Reuters and Agence France-Presse Netanyahu during a press conference at the White House, after meeting with Trump Jim Watson / AFP

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