Watch: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rare Friday night address
As Operation Iron Swords continued, the PM told the nation about what was unfolding as Israel prepared for a ground offensive.
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'Only the beginning,' PM says as Israel makes first raids into Gaza
"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."
A golden opportunity to focus on Hezbollah
As long as Hezbollah remains unchallenged, it will continue to pose an intolerable strategic threat to the State of Israel.
War was imposed on Israel; so was an opportunity to transform reality
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.
Our soldiers' lives come before the lives of our enemies
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.
