STORY: Netanyahu insists on carrying out attacks in Lebanon, threatens Iran
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 27, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:03:13
LOCATION: UN Headquarters
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking up to the rostrum
2. various of President of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly Philemon Yang calling for order in the hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English): BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Israeli Prime Minister
4. various of Netanyahu speaking
5. various of delegates

STORYLINE:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said at the United Nations General Assembly that there would be no immediate truce in his country's rapidly escalating conflict with Lebanon.

SOUNDBITE (English): BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Israeli Prime Minister
"Yet we face savage enemies who seek our annihilation, and we must defend ourselves against these savage murderers, our enemies seek not only to destroy us, but they seek to destroy our common civilization and return all of us to a dark age of tyranny and terror. Israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to their home safely. And that's exactly what we're doing. We'll continue degrading Hezbollah until all our objectives are met. I have a message for the tyrants of Tehran: If you strike us, we will strike you. There is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach, and that is true of the entire Middle East."

Israel has increased the scope of its conflict with Lebanon over the past week, launching attacks against Hezbollah that have taken out top leaders of the militant group and led to more than 600 deaths in Lebanon, according to the country's Health Ministry. The Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire overnight and Friday as casualties mounted.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from UN Headquarters.
(XHTV)