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.

Israeli Defense Minister, Yisrael Katz:

Do you know what really bothers the jihadists? Maybe when you personally kill them, it hurts them, but it doesn't matter that much to them.

What really bothers them is that you take their land and destroy their homes—and that is what we have done.
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The relationship between the U.S. and Israel is not transactional, it is a long and vital partnership, but the next time you hear the tired question of "What does the U.S. get for $3.8 Billion to Israel," answer simply - RETURNS.

R – Research, Innovation, and the Combat Laboratory
Access to one of the world's most active laboratories for military innovation, where new technologies, concepts, and operational methods are developed, tested, and refined under real combat conditions. Combined with one of the world's leading defense technology and startup ecosystems, this environment generates technological advancements, operational insights, and innovation that would be difficult, expensive, and in many cases impossible to replicate through peacetime experimentation, exercises, simulations, or war games.

E – Economic Benefits
American jobs and manufacturing supported through purchases of U.S.-made military equipment, while strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base through joint production, co-development, and missile defense cooperation for the benefit of the U.S. military and American national security.

T – Technology
Access to military technologies refined in combat, from active protection systems and missile defense to counter-drone capabilities, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies.

U – Unique Understanding of Modern Warfare
Battlefield lessons drawn from one of the world's most active conflict environments, providing insights into urban warfare, tunnel warfare, missile defense, drones, battlefield medicine, artificial intelligence, and modern combat. These lessons help the United States adapt and prepare without having to learn them first through American casualties, American mistakes, or American wars.

R – Regional Stability Through Alliance
A capable ally helping deter common adversaries and maintain stability in one of the world's most strategically important regions while remaining willing and able to fight alongside the United States when necessary.

N – National Security Intelligence
Intelligence that helps prevent attacks against Americans, American forces, and American interests while improving U.S. understanding of shared threats, adversaries, and emerging security challenges.

S – Strategic Freedom to Focus on China
Greater freedom for the United States to concentrate military, diplomatic, and economic resources on long-term competition with China in the Indo-Pacific while helping preserve a favorable balance of power in the Middle East.

Israeli Defense Minister, Yisrael Katz:

Remember the attacks? They would go in and come out.

We go in, destroy, and do not leave. This is what we are doing now in Lebanon.

The Israel Defense Forces must defend the State of Israel beyond the border, against jihadist organizations in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza.

We will not withdraw from the "security zones"—not in Syria, not in Gaza, and not in Lebanon.

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The Israeli Air Force attacks have been so intense that all the people of southern Lebanon are fleeing towards Beirut.

The ISIS organization, in its weekly magazine Al-Naba, calls for carrying out attacks at the World Cup

The organization calls on “lone wolves” to carry out attacks in “the heart of Crusader America” and in the cities hosting the World Cup.

The organization further notes that it is not opposed to sports or to football, but points out the “atmosphere of impurity in the stadiums” which is contrary to Islam, and calls to take advantage of the extensive media exposure created by the World Cup.

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