Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an assessment of the security situation at IDF Gaza Division HQ. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, ISA Director Nadav Argaman, National Security Council Director Meir Ben-Shabbat also attended. 
Prime Minister Netanyahu: "Today is the fourth anniversary of when the late Hadar Goldin fell in action. We are committed to bringing him and Oron Shaul, and the two civilians, back to the State of Israel.
I visited Sderot yesterday and I saw the iron wall of their civilian determination and today I am visiting the IDF here, together with the Defense Minister, the Chief-of-Staff, GOC Southern Command and the Director of the ISA. I saw our military iron wall.
We're in a campaign that entails an exchange of blows. I can tell you that the IDF is ready for any scenario. I was very impressed by what I saw here and I know that like me, every Israeli citizen believes in the IDF and gives it their backing ahead of any possible development"
In response to the question ''Do you believe that it's possible to resolve the crisis without an extensive campaign?" PM replied: "I believe that we're doing the right things. It would be worthwhile to pay attention, not only to what we're saying, but to what we're doing".
