At the opening of the cabinet meeting at the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu offers a message of unity, while signaling to the White House that Israel is not about to wind down its campaign against Hamas in Gaza.
“The war must not be stopped until we complete all of its goals — the elimination of Hamas, the return of all our hostages, and a promise that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel,” says Netanyahu. “I say this to both our enemies and our friends. This is our responsibility and this is the commitment from all of us.”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due in Israel this week to discuss the war in Gaza and tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Netanyahu also sounds a warning to Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group after an escalation over the weekend in the simmering conflict on Israel’s northern border: “I suggest that Hezbollah learn what Hamas has already learned in recent months: no terrorist is immune. We are determined to protect our citizens and return the residents of the north safely to their homes. This is a national goal that we all share and we act responsibly to achieve it. If we can, we will do it through diplomatic means, and if not, we will act in other ways.”
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