UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that his country has "crushed the bulk" of armed Palestinian group Hamas's "terror machine" and sought to finish the job "as fast as possible."

Netanyahu celebrated what he said was a series of Israeli strategic victories in the past year that also included targeting Iran's nuclear program and assassinating the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.