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From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 16, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 16, 2023
‘Price will be high, but we are going to win,’ Defense Minister Gallant tells Blinken
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, left, meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, October 16, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells visiting United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to expect a long but successful campaign against the Hamas terror group.
“Let me tell you, Mr. Secretary, this will be a long war. The price will be high, but we are going to win — for Israel, for the Jewish people, and for the values that both [our] countries believe in,” Gallant tells Blinken, during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv.
