Tel Aviv : Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the elimination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last September "smashed the Iranian Axis" [of Evil]. The comment came when Netanyahu addressed the 2025 JNS (Jewish News Syndicate) International Policy Summit in Jerusalem Sunday night."[It was my conclusion that] Nasrallah manipulated Iran much more than they manipulated him," he said. "He was the axis of the axis, and if we removed him, the axis would break."