From the Liveblog of
Sunday, October 15, 2023
Ministers stand in silence for fallen; Netanyahu tells them: ‘Hamas thought we would break; we will break Hamas’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins the weekly cabinet meeting with a moment of silence “in memory of our brothers and sisters who were murdered in cold blood, and our heroic warriors who fell in battle.”
The crowded room, with the government now featuring 38 ministers, stands in silent tribute to those who have been lost.
Netanyahu notes that it is the first meeting of the emergency war government, and that five members of the National Unity party are present — Benny Gantz, Gadi Eisenkot, Chili Tropper, Gideon Sa’ar and Yifat Shasha-Biton.
“Hamas thought we would break; we will break Hamas,” Netanyahu says.
הממשלה עמדה דקת דומייה לזכר הנרצחים והנופלים בטבח של מחבלי חמאס. נתניהו: "הלוחמים הנפלאים שלנו מבינים את גודל המשימה. הם נכונים לפעול בכל רגע, כדי למגר את מפלצות הדמים שקמו עלינו לכלותינו. חמאס חשב שאנחנו נתפרק – אנחנו נפרק את חמאס"@shemeshmicha
(צילום: רועי אברהם, לע"מ) pic.twitter.com/iDwIM0WPNk— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) October 15, 2023
“We are working around the clock as a team, with a united front,” he says. “Our unity conveys a clear message to the people, the enemy and to the world,” he says.
“I saw our wonderful warriors who are now on the front line. They know that the entire nation is behind them,” he says.
“They understand the magnitude of the task. They are ready to act at any moment, to exterminate the bloody monsters that rose up against us,” he says.
