India, June 16 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday hailed the US-Iran peace agreement and portrayed the joint US-Israeli military campaign against Tehran as a major success, saying it had spared Israel from what he described as the threat of "nuclear annihilation".

Addressing a press conference after the deal was announced, Netanyahu also laid out Israel's security priorities and reiterated his pledge that Iran would never be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons.

In his first public remarks since the United States and Iran announced an agreement early Monday to end the Middle East war, Netanyahu also said Israeli troops would remain in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria for "as long as necessary".

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