The first Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are ready to face "any scenario", amid growing tension with pro-Iran terrorist organizations in the Middle East.
«We are ready for any scenario, we remain united and determined to face any threat. "Israel will exact a very high price for any aggression from any horizon," the president said in a televised message from Tel Aviv, after holding a meeting with the Security Cabinet that lasted almost three hours.
Israel remains on the lookout for possible military retaliation in its territory after the bombing it carried out on Tuesday in Beirut, which caused the death of Fuad Shukr, the “chief of staff” of the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah, as well as after the attack in Tehran - which Iran attributes to Israeli forces - that eliminated Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political office of the Palestinian Islamic terrorist group Hamas.
In his message, Netanyahu welcomed the attack that the IDF carried out in Lebanon against the Hezbollah commander, but made no reference to the incident in which Haniyeh died.
Instead, he mentioned the July 13 attack in the Gaza Strip against Hamas military chief Mohamed Deif and the attack on the port of Hodeida in Yemen, in retaliation for the ballistic missile attack two weeks ago by the Houthi rebels, in which an Israeli was killed, in Tel Aviv.
Israel highlights that it is fighting an "existential war" on seven fronts, all of them with allies of Iran: in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) with Hamas and Islamic Jihad; in Lebanon with Hezbollah; in Yemen with the Houthis; in Iraq with the Islamic Resistance; in Syria with pro-Iran militias and Iran itself.
Netanyahu warned that the war in Gaza, which broke out on October 7 after a Hamas attack in which around 1.200 people were killed and more than 250 kidnapped, will continue and that he will not give in to pressure to end it before achieving his war objectives. : dismantle Hamas and free the hostages.
«All the achievements of recent months were achieved because we did not give up (...) and because we made brave decisions in the face of great pressure at home and abroad. "It wasn't easy," he stressed.
The elimination of Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas's political bureau, for the moment bogs down the possibilities of reaching a ceasefire that would allow the release of the hostages.
According to Iranian media, a Spike missile Israeli-made short-range missile was launched - possibly from Iranian territory - towards Haniyeh's bedroom, whose elimination was made possible after one of his bodyguards leaked critical information.
Agencies contributed to this Aurora article
May God bless and protect Israel from those demon possessed.
God is with Israel as a powerful giant, their enemies will be ashamed and stumble.
Jeremiah 20.11
And they will fight against you, but they will not defeat you; for I am with you, says YHVH, to deliver you.
Jeremiah 1.19