Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory over his arch-foe Iran, but the war with a much smaller and stubborn adversary in Hamas drags on. And Netanyahu is facing renewed pressure to end it.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to attack Iran for decades, but the U.S. and his own security chiefs deterred him. Now he's basking in the moment.

The Israeli prime minister said in a statement that his country had "removed itself from an immediate existential double threat."