Netanyahu has an “important” call with Trump about the need for an Israeli “victory”

MADRID Dec. 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has had an “important” and “warm” phone call with the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, to whom he has conveyed the need to “complete the Israeli victory” in the region, especially regarding pro-Iran militias in the Gaza Strip or Lebanon.

“We had a very friendly, warm and important conversation. We talked about the need to complete Israel’s victory and we talked at length about the efforts we are making to free our hostages. We will continue to act tirelessly to return everyone home. our hostages, the living and the deceased,” he declared in a recorded message.

Netanyahu has assured that his cabinet is “working energetically and with due consideration to guarantee the security of all countries in the region and the stability and security of all” its borders, although “this does not mean that there are no challenges ahead.” ahead” in relation to Iran and “its bloody allies”, as well as in the face of “possible additional threats because reality is dynamic and changing rapidly.

“A year ago I said something simple: we want to change the face of the Middle East, and we are doing it. Syria is not the same Syria, Lebanon is not the same Lebanon, Gaza is not the same Gaza, and the head of the axis, Iran, It is not the same Iran; it has also felt the power of our arm,” he maintained.

However, he has stated that Israel “has no interest in a conflict with Syria” and that they will determine “Israeli policy towards Syria based on the reality on the ground.” “I remember that for decades Syria was an active enemy state of Israel. It has attacked us repeatedly. It allowed others to attack us from its territory. It allowed Iran to arm (the Lebanese Shiite militia party) Hezbollah through its territory,” he said. voiced.

“To ensure that this does not happen again, we have taken a series of intensive measures in recent days. Together with Defense Minister, (Israel) Katz, I have ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to thwart possible threats from Syria and prevent terrorist elements from taking control near our border,” he explained.

Thus, since the fall of the Bashar al Assad regime in Syria, the IDF has “destroyed the capabilities that the Assad regime took decades to build.” Netanyahu has welcomed the fact that Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem has acknowledged that he has lost the land supply route through Syria: “This is, of course, further testimony to the heavy blow we have dealt to the entire Iranian axis.” , he added.