Baruch Dayan HaEmet

Approved for publication: S/L Dor Gadliya Ben Shmakhon, 32, from Be'it HaShita, commander of Battalion 52, fell in battle in southern Lebanon.

May his memory be blessed 💔

Minister Smotrich responds to tonight's difficult event, also Minister Ben Gvir wrote: "For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand mothers need to cry. The entire nation needs to burn."

Four soldiers, including a battalion commander, were killed last night in Lebanon by a drone strike in southern Lebanon.💔🥲

"The Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir: 'For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must cry. All of Lebanon must burn.'

'With all due respect to Americans, Israel must make clear to the entire world that our children and the security of our citizens are not negotiable. All of Lebanon must burn. Our supreme duty is to protect the citizens of Israel and the soldiers of the IDF, and this obligation takes precedence over any other consideration.

I say to the Prime Minister, even in our meetings: For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must cry.

Enough with ping-pong. In the Middle East, you do not win with measured responses and containment - you must go mad. Eradicate. Crush the terror.'"

Israeli Defense Minister, Yisrael Katz about Lebanon:

The entire front line of Lebanese villages has been destroyed.

We are demolishing all the houses. The residents will never see them again before their eyes.