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- Netanyahu says Arabs and Israeli are urging tough action on Iran
- He was speaking at 75th UN General Assembly meeting
LONDON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of maintaining a 鈥渟ecret arms depot鈥� in a residential neighborhood of Beirut, warning it could cause another tragic explosion in the Lebanese capital.
In an address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Netanyahu showed maps purportedly showing the missile depot鈥檚 location next to a gas station and residential housing. He also showed what he said was a picture of the entrance to the depot.
鈥淗ere鈥檚 where the next explosion will take place, right here,鈥� he said.
Addressing the Lebanese people, he said: 鈥淵ou鈥檝e got to act now, you鈥檝e got to protest this, because if this thing explodes, it鈥檚 another tragedy. ... You should tell them, 鈥楾ear these depots down.鈥欌€�
Last month, a warehouse filled with nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut鈥檚 port, killing nearly 200 people, wounding thousands and causing widespread destruction in the capital. The ammonium nitrate had been stored there for several years.
No one has yet been held accountable for the blast, which appears to have been triggered by an accidental fire.
Netanyahu said Israel and states across the Arab world 鈥渘ot only stand together in advancing peace, we stand together in confronting the greatest enemy of peace in the Middle East 鈥� Iran.鈥�
He told world leaders that Iran repeatedly attacks its neighbors and its terror proxies are directly involved in violence throughout the Middle East, including in Iraq, Syria, Yemen Gaza and Lebanon.
He told the people of Lebanon that 鈥淚srael means you no harm, but Iran does,鈥� and that 鈥淚ran and Hezbollah have deliberately put you and your families in grave danger.鈥�
Finally, Netanyahu said 鈥渂oth Arabs and Israeli are urging tough action on Iran, and when Arabs and Israelis agree, other should pay attention.鈥�
(With AP)