Because of the power and determination it showed during the Iran war, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel is “creating new alliances with countries in the region.”
Netanyahu says that he insisted that the “temporary ceasefire” with Iran will not include Hezbollah in Lebanon, “and we are continuing to strike it with force.”
Today, says Netanyahu, Israel hit Hezbollah with the biggest blow it has suffered since the beeper/walkie-talkie operation in September 2024. “We attacked 100 targets in 10 minutes, in places that Hezbollah was certain were immune.”
Netanyahu tells residents of northern Israel that “we are committed to returning security to you.”
He boasts that Israel has “security zones” deep inside of enemy territory in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza, where Israel “is strangling Hamas from every side.”
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