PM: IDF operating to change balance of power in north by taking out Hezbollah missiles

Speaking from the underground command room of the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the IDF is operating to “change the balance of power in the north” by taking out Hezbollah missiles.

“For those who have not yet understood, I want to clarify Israel’s policy,” says Netanyahu in a video statement, as Israeli jets pound southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. “We do not wait for a threat, we anticipate it. Everywhere, in every theater, at any time.”

Netanyahu says Israel is eliminating senior officials, terrorists, and missile caches, and that there is more to come.

“Whoever tries to hurt us, we hurt him even more,” he says. “I promised that we would change the security balance, the balance of power in the north. This is exactly what we are doing. We are destroying thousands of missiles and rockets aimed at Israeli cities and Israeli citizens.”

Netanyahu’s statement comes after he held a security assessment with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Air Force commander Tomer Bar, and Military Secretary Roman Gofman.