Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 9, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 9, 2023
Netanyahu to southerners: Coming fight will change the Mideast
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells local politicians from southern Israel that Israel will transform the region as it retaliates for a devastating Hamas attack and rehabilitates shell-shocked communities.
“I know you’ve been through tough, terrible things. What Hamas will go through will be tough and terrible — we’re already in the midst of the battle and we’ve only just begun,” Netanyahu says according to a statement from his office.
He praises them for their steadfastness and says the coming fight will take time.
“The nation will turn over every stone to help you all. I ask that you stand strong because we are going to change the Middle East,” he says.
