Israel settled score by killing Hezbollah chief, says Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel “settled the account” with a “mass murderer” after death of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon’s Beirut.
In his first public statement since Israel killed Nasrallah, Netanyahu said that Israel has “settled the account” with a “mass murderer” responsible for the killings of “countless Israelis” and many American and French citizens, The Times of Israel reported.
After returning from his trip to the United Nations in New York, Netanyahu said that the killing of Hassan Nasrallah was a “historic turning point”.
Israel’s military said on Saturday it had “eliminated” Nasrallah after bombing Hezbollah’s central command in the Lebanese capital, where the 64-year-old was reportedly holed up in a bunker.
Netanyahu said that Nasrallah’s death was a “necessary condition” to achieve Israel’s goals.
The Israeli Prime Minister said that he gave the directive for the attack that targeted Hassan Nasrallah, as the blows the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) had been landing on Hezbollah in recent days were “not enough”, BBC News reported.
Netanyahu further said that Nasrallah was “the central engine of Iran’s axis of evil”.
Israel is determined to continue striking its enemies, he added.
Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, with the Israeli military confirming that multiple buildings were struck in Dahiyeh, a known Hezbollah stronghold. Lebanon’s health ministry reported that at least nine people died and over 90 were injured in the attack.