Netanyahu says Hezbollah leader’s killing was ‘essential’ to Israel

“Israel has every right to remove this threat and return our citizens to their home safely. And that’s exactly what we’re doing,” Netanyahu said, eliciting applause from supporters in the gallery of the General Assembly. Attacks on Hezbollah targets by fighter jets continued Saturday after the army said it told residents to evacuate three buildings it was targeting, as Israel braced for Hezbollah’s response. The tally of people who have been killed in Lebanon since the conflict escalated less than two weeks ago range from 700 dead to, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, 1000 fatalities. Smoke was still rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning, visible to many of the families who had fled their homes there the night before to escape Israel’s massive bombardment.