U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday that Israel’s preemptive strike against Hezbollah hours earlier demonstrated why the administration must expedite weapons shipments to Israel and impose new sanctions on Iran.

Israel’s actions had helped save countless lives, Johnson added.

The unequivocal remarks by the Republican legislator came hours after the pre-dawn Israeli Air Force strike against the Iranian-backed Lebanese terror group foiled a major Hezbollah attack on Israel.

“Iran and its terror groups must be held accountable,” Johnson wrote in a statement posted on X.

He urged the Biden administration to implement the supplementary sanctions on the Islamic Republic passed by Congress this spring.

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