Netanyahu touts Israel’s achievements against Iran and its proxies over past year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recounts the threats surrounding Israel. He says that Iran’s massive ballistic missile and nuclear program were meant “not only to destroy Israel. They were meant also to threaten the United States, and blackmail nations everywhere.”

He recounts that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar “dispatched waves of Hamas terrorists” into Israel on October 7, 2023, to commit acts of unspeakable savagery.

From Lebanon, Hezbollah “launched thousands of missiles and rockets at our cities, terrorizing our citizens.”

In Syria, says Netanyahu, Bashar Al-Assad hosted Iranian forces, “tightening the noose of deaths around our throats.”

The Houthis in Yemen launched ballistic missiles at Israel “while choking global trade at the mouth of the Red Sea.”

Over the past year, however, things have changed, says Netanyahu. “We’ve hammered the Houthis, including yesterday. We’ve crushed the bulk of Hamas’s terror machine. We crippled Hezbollah, taking out most of its leaders and much of its weapons arsenal.”

“We paged Hezbollah and believe me, they got the message,” he says. “Thousands of terrorists dropped to the ground.”

“We destroyed Assad’s armaments in Syria. We deterred Iran’s Shiite militias in Iraq. And most importantly…We devastated Iran’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs.”