Netanyahu meets top IDF brass, says 500 terror attacks thwarted this year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets top IDF commanders at the military’s headquarters in Tel Aviv for the first time as defense minister.

On Gaza, Netanyahu says “we are prepared to act and do everything needed to secure residents of the [Gaza] envelope and southern communities.”

In the West Bank, the premier says security forces have thwarted 500 terror attacks this year.

Efforts are continuing to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria and to hinder Hezbollah’s project for acquiring precision guided missiles, Netanyahu adds.

Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot and other top IDF officers at the military’s headquarters in Tel Aviv on November 22, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

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