Speaking with Druze leader, Gallant says Israel will ‘strike the enemy hard’

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells Sheikh Muafak Tarif, the spiritual leader of Israel’s Druze community, that the country will “strike the enemy hard,” in response to Hezbollah’s deadly rocket attack.

Gallant says on X that he spoke with Tarif to “share in the heavy sorrow that befell the Druze community and the entire Israeli nation, in light of Hezbollah’s murderous attack on Majdal Shams.”

“In my conversation with the sheikh, I emphasized — we will strike the enemy hard,” he adds.

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