From: Reuters September 24, 2024
Netanyahu pledges to change the balance of power


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
sent, a short video statement addressed to the Lebanese people.
"Israel's war is not with you, it's with Hezbollah. For too long Hezbollah has been using you as human shields," he said.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant:
said, Monday marked a "significant peak" in the nearly year-long conflict.

"On this day we have taken out of order tens of thousands of rockets and precise munition. What Hezbollah has built over a period of 20 years since the second Lebanon War is in fact being destroyed by the IDF," he said in a statement, referring to the Israel Defense Forces.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:
said, In New York, Israel wanted to drag the Middle East into a full-blown war by provoking Iran to join the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

"It is Israel that seeks to create this all-out conflict," he told journalists after his arrival in New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly, saying the consequences of such instability would be irreversible.