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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Gallant: Drone strike targeting PM’s house is an attack on the State of Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Responding to Hezbollah’s drone attack on the premier’s private residence earlier today, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant states that the attempt to strike Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family was an attack on “the State of Israel and its governmental symbols.”
“The security establishment will continue to attack any terrorist actors and will strike with force any enemy that harmed or tries to harm the State of Israel, our actions all over the Middle East have proven this to date, and will prove it in the future as well,” he continues, touting Israel’s achievements in dismantling Hamas, degrading Hezbollah’s capabilities “and the elimination of the terrorist leaders who started the war against us.”
“The attempts of the Hezbollah organization to discourage us and prevent us from achieving the goals of the war will not succeed,” he says.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir expresses support for Prime
Minister Netanyahu and calls on him to “not give up until complete victory in Gaza, Lebanon and Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and until all our hostages are returned home,” while Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar of Likud accuses Hezbollah’s Iranian backers of “crossing a red line.”
“The end of the brutal Iranian regime is closer than ever,” tweets Zohar.
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