The Hamas-ISIS terrorist organization has violated the outline. It has not met its obligation to release all of the women hostages today and has launched rockets at Israeli citizens.
Upon the resumption of fighting, we emphasize: The Government of Israel is committed to achieving the goals of the war: Releasing the hostages, eliminating Hamas and ensuring that Gaza never again constitutes a threat to the residents of Israel.
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WATCH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the “Fifty States – One Israel” event at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs @IsraelMFA, with the largest delegation of American legislators to ever visit Israel
PM Netanyahu: "On Oct. 7th, we were attacked with no provocation by the Hamas monsters. They murdered 1,200 of our citizens. They burnt babies alive. They raped and then murdered women. They beheaded men. They took 250-some hostages, to the dungeons of Gaza.
I think a lot of people thought that we were on the ropes or perhaps flat on the ground and we didn't have a chance of coming back. A day later, on October 8th, Hezbollah joined the fray. They started rocketing our cities. Again, no provocation.
Yesterday, after the murderous attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza, Prime Minister Netanyahu directed all security elements to prepare for the possibility of striking the Hamas leadership. The Defense Minister fully supported this initiative.
This afternoon, in light of an operational opportunity, and in consultation with all security establishment heads, and with full backing, the PM and DM decided to implement the directive given last night to the IDF and the ISA, which did so with precision and in an optimal manner
The Prime Minister and the Defense Minister believed that the action was fully justified given the fact that it was this Hamas leadership that initiated and organized the October 7 massacre
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Government meeting:
“We are intensifying the operation on the outskirts of, and inside, Gaza City. We are eliminating Nukhba terrorists who played a significant role in the October 7 massacre
Including the accursed terrorist who called his parents and took pride in having personally murdered 10 Israelis. Now we called the family and informed it that this terrorist has been eliminated. It is a clear message that we will reach them all.
I want to thank, on your behalf as well, the ISA and the IDF for doing this important work.
We are eliminating terrorist infrastructure and nefarious terrorist high-rises.
"The truth is, Hamas still has thousands of armed terrorists in Gaza. It vows to repeat the October 7 massacre and to do so again and again. It openly professes its goal to destroy the State of Israel.
Hamas subjugates Gazans, it steals their food, it shoots them when they try to move to safe zones. And I think it’s instructive that now, many Gazansare fighting back. They are begging us, and they're begging the world: “Free us, Free us, and free Gaza from Hamas”
No nation can accept a genocidal terrorist organization, an organization committed to its annihilation, a stone’s throw from its citizens. Our goal is not to occupy Gaza. Our goal is to free Gaza, free it from Hamas terrorists.