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Mocking again with a "I americium alive" video, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to proceed to termination much Iranian leaders named connected his "punch card".
Earlier connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026), Mr. Netanyahu claimed to person eliminated Iranian person Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council and Basij unit Commander Gholamreza Soleimani.
Iran-Israel war updates connected March 17, 2026
There was nary connection from the Iranian authorities connected the destiny of the 2 elder officers.
Larijani had efficaciously evolved arsenic the in-charge of Iran's warfare absorption pursuing the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by Israel connected February 28 successful the opening onslaught of the war, which is present successful its eighteenth day.
Continuing with his bid of videos debunking rumours of his death, the Israeli Prime Minister posted yet different 1 connected the societal media level X from his idiosyncratic relationship portion gathering U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
Mr. Huckabee, successful the video, tells Mr. Netanyahu that the U.S. President Donald Trump has asked him to "come and marque definite you were okay".
"Yes, Mike. Yes. I'm alive", Mr. Netanyahu mocks, adding, "We shingle hands with 5 fingers successful each hand, you know".
The Israeli Premier past takes a paper retired of his pocket, saying, "I'm alive, but I person this card. No, don't work it".
"So it's a punch card. Today I erased 2 names connected the punch card, and you spot however galore much to spell connected this batch", helium adds.
The 2 names were seemingly those of Larijani and Soleimani, whom Mr. Netanyahu earlier claimed were eliminated successful an Israeli strike. "We are getting escaped of these lunatics who would similar to make atomic weapons and the means to present them to each American metropolis aft wiping retired Israel. They ain't gonna bash that. We're wiping them out", the Israeli person stressed.
Mr. Netanyahu earlier connected Tuesday asserted that the persistence of the associated U.S.-Israeli run volition springiness the Iranian radical the accidental to instrumentality their "destiny into their ain hands".
"This morning, we eliminated Ali Larijani. Ali Larijani is the brag of the Revolutionary Guards, that radical of gangsters that efficaciously runs Iran. Alongside him, we besides eliminated the commandant of the Basij – they are the gangsters' assistants who are terrorising the colonisation successful the streets of Tehran and different Iranian cities", Netanyahu said successful a statement.
"We are undermining this authorities successful the anticipation of giving the Iranian radical an accidental to region it. It volition not hap each astatine once, and it volition not hap easily", the Israeli Premier said, adding, "but if we persist, we volition springiness them the accidental to instrumentality their destiny into their ain hands".
The Israeli person has been perpetually saying that his country, on with the United States, tin alteration the instauration of a conducive concern for the overthrow of the Iranian regime, but the radical of Iran volition yet person to execute it.
He said that his state continues to run successful antithetic parts of Iran from the aerial with Air Force jets and UAVs. Repeating his earlier connection from a property league past week, Netanyahu said that Israel has respective surprises successful store and helium is holding the stratagems adjacent to his chest. "We are helping our American friends successful the Gulf. I spoke astatine magnitude with President Trump connected this substance yesterday. There is practice betwixt our aerial forces and navies, betwixt maine and President Trump and his staff. We volition assistance some done indirect attacks, which make immense unit connected the Iranian regime, and done nonstop actions", the Israeli Prime Minister said.
"There are galore much surprises. 'By stratagems, you shall marque war.' We volition not uncover each the stratagems here, but arsenic I told you, determination are many", helium asserted.
He besides urged his forces, leaders and radical to enactment steadfast successful their resoluteness successful bid to win.
"The astir important happening for winning a warfare is determination: Determination, determination, determination. The determination of the leaders, the determination of the commanders, and the determination of the people. We are determined to win, and we volition execute these goals", Netanyahu emphasised.
Asserting that Israel has emerged arsenic a formidable powerfulness aft the daze of October 7, the Israeli Prime Minister, who has perpetually travel nether onslaught from his radical and absorption demanding a authorities committee of enquiry, said that Israel has emerged stronger than ever.
"I inquire you to simply disregard the 'channels of gloom.' We are achieving humanities milestones. With G-d’s help, we person reached a constituent where, aft October 7, erstwhile we were connected the brink of an abyss, we are present a formidable power, astir a planetary one, warring shoulder-to-shoulder with our friend, the planetary superpower", helium said, touting his country's beardown confederation with the United States.
"This is already a monolithic accomplishment successful the look of each the threats coming our way. What different state has these capabilities? They are each nether attack. Who other has these strengths of ours – the alliances, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the Air Force, and a beardown nation? So, enactment strong," the Israeli person appealed.
The Premier besides tried to guarantee the colonisation that has travel nether onslaught and suffered losses, with thousands of security claims piling up, that they volition person the state's assistance successful coping with it.
"I privation to archer you: We volition besides assistance you. Regarding everything related to compensation, I person instructed that the model beryllium presented to you and that it beryllium expanded. We volition assistance the North, and we volition assistance everyone successful need, conscionable arsenic we did antecedently successful Operation Rising Lion and during COVID-19", Netanyahu said.
"We volition bash it adjacent much vigorously this time", helium stressed.
