India, June 23 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked God for saving Israel from a nuclear-armed Iran during prayers on Sunday at Jerusalem's Western Wall, the holiest place in Judaism.

Netanyahu paid a visit to the location just before the June 12 unexpected strike on Iran. He affixed a customary letter on the wall which featured a passage from the Bible that referenced the mission's name, "Rising Lion."

After 10 days, the Israeli PM returned with another message - "The Lion Has Risen" - following an American strike on Iran's last nuclear installations and a victorious military operation against Israel's most deadly adversary.

Netanyahu and his wife Sara went to the Western Wall in Jerusalem on June 22. The couple recite...