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Benjamin Netanyahu: “Hezbollah is basically a proxy of Iran.”

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Extended interview: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Published | Video Starts at 11:10

We destroyed about 90, more than 90% of that. But that still leaves them with thousands of rockets and some ballistic missiles, and that's still a big issue. They still hold Lebanon hostage. Hezbollah is basically a proxy of Iran. Iran holds Lebanon. We have no quarrel with Lebanon. We can make peace with Lebanon and want to make peace with them tomorrow, no, yesterday. (11:10–11:13)

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Asserts that Hezbollah operates as a proxy for Iran.

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