The terrorist organizations in Gaza are growing stronger: The IDF reports that it struck four rocket launch positions in the Strip overnight that were ready for launch — and had been established during the cease-fire.

🇮🇱Defense Minister Katz: Even if the United States requests it - we will not withdraw from southern Lebanon.

Trump: Iran has informed the United States that despite troublesome reports from fake news claiming otherwise, "no fees, no insurance costs, and no other charges of any kind are demanded or received by Iran for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz." If this information is false, the negotiations will end immediately! Furthermore, no money has been given by the United States to Iran nor released from their own funds. We will allocate part of their money, which is completely under our control, to buy corn, wheat, soybeans, and other items for our farmers and ranchers. Iran is in dire need of food, and we will purchase these goods exclusively from the United States for them.

"We have eliminated all the Houthi leaders except Abdulmalik, their leader, because he does not dare to come out of his tunnel. We will find him and eliminate him as well."

-Israel Katz, Israeli Defense Minister

The powerful Israeli army is targeting terrorists' vehicles near Nabatieh..

Jerusalem Post:
Donald Trump:
"American inspectors will join the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Iran."

Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, to Fox News:
"I think Trump is doing exactly what is necessary; weakening Iran's nuclear capability.
Can you imagine if Iran gets nuclear weapons?
This regime is a chaos exporter. It is a terrorism exporter.
This will be disastrous for the region and also disastrous for the whole world."

Netanyahu at the Local Government Conference: As long as I am prime minister, Israel will remain in the security zone.

Netanyahu:

They told me: "Prime Minister, stop. Stop. Do not enter Rafah. Let's make a deal. Don't stick to the Philadelphia corridor. We will leave the Gaza Strip. We will remain with 0% of the Gaza Strip. We will return the hostages. This will be a victory. We will frame it as a victory."

I remember those exact words: "We will frame it as a victory." They are very skilled at framing things.

And I said: "No."

The President of Colombia to Foreign Minister Saar: "We will restore and strengthen our relations with Israel as never before. You can count on Colombia as a faithful friend."

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Prime Minister Netanyahu:

Today we are present in almost 70% of the Gaza Strip. We have suffocated Hamas. We eliminated one of its last senior leaders.

And do you know what happened after we eliminated him?

Nothing.

No rockets, no missiles, not even a single shot was fired.

Yes, Hamas is still there. And we will deal with it too.

The President-elect of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella:

Colombia will rebuild and strengthen its relationship with the Israeli government like never before.

Israel can count on Colombia as a loyal friend and steadfast ally. May G-d bless our two nations.

🇮🇱 Netanyahu:
They told us: "Do not enter Syria."

They said it was not wise. They said it was unjustified.

We entered with full force.

🇮🇱 Netanyahu:
When I went to meet President Trump, I told him: "We will go to Iran."

I did not ask for his permission. I just informed him of our plan.

🇮🇱 Netanyahu:
There is a specific challenge—what I call the "Manhattan Project."

We will be the first to solve the problem of explosive drones (FPV) in the world. This is a global problem.

But we will solve it.

🇮🇱 Netanyahu:

I have dedicated most of my adult life to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

I was not prepared to allow a chain of thousands of years of Jewish history to be broken because these ayatollahs obtained nuclear weapons.

That is why I dedicated most of my adult life to this goal—also as Prime Minister.

🇮🇱 Netanyahu:
Security is not achieved through words. Security is achieved through power and determination.

Based on a simple law. Our ancestors knew it: "If someone comes to kill you, get up and kill him first."