Israel’s soldiers “are determined to bring to account those who carried out acts of slaughter and atrocities,” says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the state memorial ceremony for fallen IDF soldiers at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
“From crumbling Rafah to the lofty peak of Mount Hermon – our sons and daughters are not willing to excuse what the monsters who attacked us have done,” he says, referring to the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion of southern Israel and the ensuing attacks by Iranian proxies.
“They are endangering themselves in order to create the conditions for bringing back all of our hostages, and for victory over our enemies,” says the prime minister.
Israeli negotiators are in Cairo working to hammer out a hostage release-ceasefire deal with Hamas, while IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip with the aim of pressuring the terror group to agree to Israel’s terms.
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