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Monday, October 19, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 19, 2026
Visiting airbase, Netanyahu tells Israel’s enemies: ‘Do not test us’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from an unnamed airbase in Israel, October 19, 2026. (Screenshot/PMO)
Visiting an air force base that he does not name, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Israel’s enemies not to test the country’s resolve.
“I say to our enemies: Do not test us,” says Netanyahu in a video released by his office. “You will suffer harder blows than you have suffered until now.”
Netanyahu emphasizes the air force’s “readiness, determination and capability to strike our enemies whenever required.”
Ahead of next week’s elections, Netanyahu has repeatedly warned that Israel’s enemies might try to carry out an attack.
“We are determined to defend ourselves,” he says. “Do not test us.”
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