Amit Segel: Israel ‘WON by a knock-out’ and will now focus on Iran!
By NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story
Amit Segel, intelligent and articulate political analyst for Channel 12 wrote this last night. He is optimistic, and explains why.
We bravely faced 20,000 rockets, a number that has not been fired at any country in the world for decades
We eliminated the master murderer Nasrallah
The senior echelon of Hezbollah is no more
No more threat of invasion
80% of the rockets and missiles that threatened every point in the country are gone
Only the future will tell what will happen, but our people’s sacrifice was not in vain
In the past year, Israel has broken the paralyzing barrier of fear that prevented it from acting against Hezbollah and Iran
The IDF entered southern Lebanon from the bottom, reached Litani, hitting Beirut at will.
The whole Middle East is watching.
The “unity of the arenas” was the ‘brainchild’ of Soleimani, Nasrallah and Sinwar and it has finally died with them.
The expectation from the public in Israel is to demand that its leaders finally abandon the policy of “inclusion”.
NETANYAHU: After the “ceasefire” – We’ll focus on Iran
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to implement a US-brokered ceasefire deal that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says will allow Israel to focus on Iran.
IRAN INTERNATIONAL — Israel’s security cabinet approved the ceasefire deal on Tuesday and the whole cabinet is due to review it later in the day. Lebanon and Hezbollah have also agreed to the proposal which is expected to be implemented on Wednesday.
“The ceasefire deal with Lebanon now means Israel will focus on Iran’s threat”, Netanyahu said in a speech following the approval of the truce deal.
Netanyahu said there were three reasons to pursue a ceasefire: to focus on Iran, to replenish depleted arms supplies and give the army a rest and finally to isolate Hamas, whose attack on Israelis on October 7, 2023, triggered a devastating war in Gaza and saw Hezbollah join conflict with Israel.
HITTING THE ‘HEAD OF OCTOPUS’
Netanyahu said that he is “determined to do whatever it takes to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.”
“That threat has always been my top priority and is even more so today, (is) when you hear Iran’s leaders state over and over again their intention to obtain nuclear weapons,” the Israeli prime minister said. “For me, removing that threat is the most important mission to ensure the existence and future of the State of Israel.”
Israel’s defense minister said earlier this month the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic are now more vulnerable than ever, following Israel’s October 26 airstrikes which targeted Iran’s key air defense systems.
The Israeli air raids last month knocked out Iran’s last three Russian-provided S-300 air defense missile systems, Fox News reported at the time citing US and Israeli officials. The surface-to-air S-300s were the last in the Islamic Republic’s arsenal after one was destroyed in an attack in April which was also likely carried out by Israel.
“We destroyed major parts of Iran’s air defense system and missile-manufacturing capabilities, and we demolished a significant component of their nuclear program,” Netanyahu said in his Tuesday speech, calling Iran the “head of the octopus”.
Iranian authorities have consistently called for Israel’s destruction and consistently refuse call it by name but refers to it as the “Zionist entity”.
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