PM: Best answer to Ahmadinejad given 62 years ago

After threatening Israel in Bint Jbeil Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to tour south Lebanon.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on Ahmadinejad's speech in Bint Jbeil in which he said that "the Zionists will not last long."  

"We've heard cursing and abomination from the Lebanon border today. The best answer to these blasphemies was given here 62 years ago," Netanyahu said in Tel Aviv.

"We shall continue building and creating our country and will be prepared to defend it," he added.

On Thursday, Ahmadinejad arrived at the village of Qana, another battle ground of the Second Lebanon War, where 60 people were killed, including many children, after a residential building collapsed as a result of Air Force bombings.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Qana (Photo: AFP)

Ahmadinejad laid flowers on the graves of victims of the incident and of a bombing dating back to 1996's Operation Grapes of Wrath. Later in the evening he is scheduled to reach the village of Maroun al-Ras, a stone's throw from the Israeli border. Hezbollah's TV network Al Manar reported that an Air Force MPRV was circling the area.

"Qana is living proof of Zionist atrocities in southern Lebanon," Ahmadinejad told the crowd at the beginning of his speech.

"You are the victorious ones and your enemies - the enemies of humanity - are on the verge of collapse. As you stand proud the Zionist enemy is humiliated and defeated. On behalf of the Iranian people, I bless you and promise that our nation will stand by your side and that of the entire Lebanese nation under any circumstance."

The Iranian president concluded his speech by expressing his hope that "God will eliminate the enemies of Lebanon and other dictators."

'Zionists are enemies of humanity'

Earlier on Thursday, Ahmadinejad addressed a large crowd in Bint Jbeil and said that "the world should know that eventually the Zionists will be forced to go and will not last long. They are enemies of humanity and will have no choice but to surrender. Palestine will be liberated through the force of faith."

IDF sources noted that the alert level has not been raised in light of Ahamdinejad's visit and that the forces are ready for any development which may unfold.

Meanwhile, residents of northern Israel did not appear fazed by the visit. A secretary of Moshav Avivim said residents can see an Iranian-sponsored boardwalk from their window which may serve as a Hezbollah post in future times of conflict.

Attila Somfalvi and Olga Gouresky contributed to this report

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