Israeli PM Netanyahu says we are determined to do everything possible to defend our country

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would take all measures necessary to defend itself, after the Iranian-backed Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander.

"We are determined to do everything possible to defend our country, to return the residents of the north safely to their homes and to continue to uphold a simple rule: Whoever harms us – we harm him," he said in a statement.

(Reporting by James Mackenzie; Editing by Lincoln Feast)