Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Government meeting:

"Last night I held a security discussion with the participation of the Defense Minister, the faction heads, senior security establishment officials and the negotiating team.

gov.il/en/pages/spoke… Upon the conclusion of the discussion, we decided on the following steps:

Israel adopts the framework of President Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire for the Ramadan and Passover period.

We are fully coordinating with President Trump and his people.

Following a security discussion chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and with the participation of the Defense Minister, senior security establishment officials and the negotiating team, it was decided: Israel adopts the framework of US Presidential envoy Steve Witkoff for a temporary ceasefire during the Ramadan and Passover period.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara met today with Keith Siegel, who was released from Hamas captivity, together with his wife Aviva, who was released in the first hostages deal, and their daughter Shir.

gov.il/en/pages/event… At the start of the meeting, Keith Siegel thanked the Prime Minister for the efforts that led to his release and the release of additional hostages. Shir and Aviva Siegel thanked Sara Netanyahu for her work for the release of the hostages.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tulkarm:

"We are entering the strongholds of terrorism, leveling entire streets and eliminating terrorists. I have instructed to augment the forces in Judea and Samaria and to launch additional operations". Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Tulkarm, where he received a security briefing from the Commander of the Judea and Samaria division, Brig.-Gen. Yaki Dolf, Head of the Civil Administration, Brig.-Gen. Hisham Ibrahim, and the Commander of the Efraim Territorial Brigade.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"My brothers and sisters, dear citizens of Israel, on this day we are all united, in grief that is too heavy to bear.

Today, every home in Israel bows its head. We bow our heads over the heavy loss of four of our hostages. We all feel pain mixed with rage. We are all outraged at the Hamas monsters.

The four coffins of our dear ones require us, more than ever, to ensure, to swear, that what happened on October 7 never recurs.

WATCH: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks, this evening to the Conference of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Within a year and some months, the courage of our soldiers, the stalwart position of our people and the decisions that we made turned things around. We decimated much of Hamas.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Ofer, Yarden, Keith – It is so good to see you home!

Together with all citizens of Israel, and together with many around the world, my wife and I were so moved to see you with us. Earlier this week, in the previous phase, we made it very clear that we would not tolerate any violation of the agreement.

We insisted on this and we brought forward by a week the release of three of our hostages.

"On October 7, our enemies perpetrated the worst massacre against the Jewish People since the Holocaust. But amidst this terrible disaster was shown the great strength of the spirit of the people and the supreme heroism of our fighters.

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facebook.com/share/p/1DXAmr… It is this strength that has led us with determination to achieve all of the objectives of the war that we set: Returning all of our hostages, eliminating Hamas' military and governing capabilities and ensuring that Gaza will never again constitute a threat to our country.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been updated by the negotiating team that agreements have been reached on a deal for the release of the hostages. The Prime Minister has directed that the Security Cabinet be convened later today (Friday). The Government will be convened later in order to approve the deal.

Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for the negotiating team and all those who assisted.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "I said we would change the Middle East and we are doing so. I discussed with President-elect Trump the need to complete the victory."

gov.il/en/pages/spoke… Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"A year ago, I said something simple: We would change the face of the Middle East, and we are indeed doing so. Syria is not the same Syria. Lebanon is not the same Lebanon. Gaza is not the same Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at a special Knesset session today, in honor of Paraguayan President @PresidenciaPy Santiago Peña @SantiPenap >>

facebook.com/share/p/15jPo6… PM Netanyahu:
"Your important visit, Mr. President, in the midst of this existential war that we are engaged in on seven fronts against those who seek to destroy us, and it is possible that we potentially face yet another front, is deserving of special appreciation.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tonight, at a press conference:

"Yesterday, a new and dramatic chapter was opened in the history of the Middle East. Yesterday, the Assad regime in Syria, the main link in Iran's axis of evil, crumbled after 54 years.

facebook.com/IsraeliPM/post… Iran had invested billions in Syria, and it is all gone. This was a brutal dictatorship that trampled its citizens and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of them.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"This is a historic day for the Middle East. The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers. This collapse is the direct result of our forceful action against Hezbollah and Iran, Assad's main supporters. It set off a chain reaction of all those who want to free themselves from this tyranny and its oppression.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"The length of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon. We will enforce the agreement and respond forcefully to any violation. We will continue united until victory."

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gov.il/en/pages/spoke… "Citizens of Israel, I promised you victory, and we will achieve victory.

We will complete the task of obliterating Hamas, we will bring home all our hostages, we will ensure Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel and we will return the residents of the north back home safely.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"The antisemitic decision of the international court in The Hague is a modern Dreyfus trial, and it will end the same way.

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fb.watch/v-n3XJnJ1K/ One hundred and thirty years ago, the French Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus was falsely accused of treason by a biased French court.

In response of these false accusations, the great French writer Émile Zola wrote his monumental essay, J’Accuse.

Prime Minister Netanyahu:

“One year ago, Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist chief of Hamas, launched the October 7th massacre against Israel.

It was the bloodiest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. It was the worst attack on the Jewish state since the founding of Israel. Sinwar’s terrorists murdered in cold blood 1,200 people. That's elderly people, Holocaust survivors, children.

They brutally raped women. They beheaded men. They burned babies alive.

And they took 251 women, men and children hostage to the dungeons of Gaza.

PM Netanyahu: "I appeal to the UN Secretary General; Your refusal to evacuate UNIFIL soldiers has turned them into hostages of Hezbollah."

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gov.il/en/pages/spoke… PM Netanyahu:

"We are marking one year of the harsh war that was forced on us – the war of redemption against Iran's axis of evil, which has risen up to destroy us.

We are more determined than ever to ensure our future; we are more determined than ever to defeat our enemies.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

“Today, Israel is defending itself on 7 fronts against the enemies of civilization.

We are fighting in Gaza against Hamas, the savages who murdered, raped, beheaded and burned our people on October 7th. We are fighting in Lebanon against Hezbollah, the most heavily armed terror organization in the world, which was planning an even greater massacre than October 7th on our Northern border, and that has rocketed Israeli towns and cities for nearly a year.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Start of the Security Cabinet Meeting:

"This evening, Iran made a big mistake – and it will pay for it." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Citizens of Israel, at the start of my remarks, I send condolences to the families of those who were murdered in the abhorrent terrorist attack in Jaffa and my best wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening:

"If someone rises up to kill you, kill him first.'

Yesterday, the State of Israel eliminated the arch-murderer Hassan Nasrallah."

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We have settled accounts with someone who was responsible for the murders of countless Israelis and many nationals of other countries, including hundreds of Americans and dozens of French.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

"I have a message for the people of Lebanon:

Israel's war is not with you.
It's with Hezbollah.

For too long, Hezbollah has been using you as human shields. It placed rockets in your living rooms and missiles in your garage. Those rockets and missiles are aimed directly at our cities, directly at our citizens.

To defend our people against Hezbollah strikes, we must take out these weapons.