"We are striking our enemies with unprecedented might," Netanyahu said in a brief statement which, unusually, was televised after the Jewish Sabbath had begun. "I emphasize that this is only the beginning."
As long as Hezbollah remains unchallenged, it will continue to pose an intolerable strategic threat to the State of Israel.
The current situation means Israel is now able to not only to overthrow Hamas and to destroy its capabilities, but also to create a situation where the Gaza Strip no longer disturbs the State of Israel – neither politically, from a security point of view, economically, or in any other way.
The atrocities of Simchat Torah have changed the way many view the enemy – the paradigm that the conflict is about territory and that the economy will stop Hamas from going all out to destroy us collapsed. It is time for a paradigm shift on how we perceive our existence.
Lloyd Austin has arrived to see firsthand America's security assistance.
