Netanyahu declares that Israel, US are crushing Irans regime and reshaping the Middle East

Israel and the United States are reshaping the strategic balance of the Middle East through a joint military campaign aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities and weakening its network of proxy militias, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday night.Addressing the nation, Netanyahu described the moment as historic, saying Israel’s actions in “Operation Roaring Lion” were already transforming the region.“We are in historic days, days that will be recorded in the annals of Israel.In ‘Operation Roaring Lion,’ our roar is growing stronger,” he declared.

“We are crushing the terrorist regime in Iran.We are striking and crushing its proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.”He continued, “Through an unprecedented partnership between Israel and the US, we have achieved enormous accomplishments that are changing the balance of power in the Middle East and beyond.

These achievements are establishing Israel’s status as a power that is stronger than ever.This dramatic shift in our power relative to the power of our enemies is the key to ensuring our existence.“Threats come and go—but when we become a regional power, and in certain fields a global power, we have the strength to push dangers away from us and secure our future.”Netanyahu noted that he had warned about the Iranian threat more than three decades ago, as a Likud Knesset member, referencing a column he penned for the Hebrew daily, Yediot Achronot, titled “The greatest danger.”“In 1993, I published a newspaper article and I wrote: ‘The greatest danger to Israel’s existence is not found in the Arab states; it is found in Iran.’ Since then, for over 30 years, the murderous regime of the ayatollahs has indeed acted to harm the US and the West, but first and foremost, it acted to advance its plan for the destruction of Israel.”According to the prime minister, Iran pursued this goal on three fronts.“It did so on three levels: First, it built an ‘Axis of ...