“Today’s Hezbollah is a shadow of its former self compared to the heyday of (Hassan) Nasrallah,” he said of the group’s leader, who was killed by Israel in 2024.

“But we haven’t yet finished the job. There are things we plan to do to address the remaining rocket threat and the drone threat,” said Netanyahu.

Israel’s other objective, the “dismantling of Hezbollah,” wouldn’t be “achieved overnight,” he said, warning it would require “a sustained effort, patience and perseverance, along with skilful diplomatic manoeuvring”.

Netanyahu said Israel’s operation had “removed” two threats from Lebanon.

“A near threat involving the infiltration of thousands of terrorists and anti-tank fire onto our communities and a distant threat… of 150,000 missiles and rockets to destroy Israel’s cities,” he said.