Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, on Gaza:

"We are settling accounts with terrorists; or, to be more precise, with those murderers who on October 7th killed our people, our daughters, our wives, and our children.
We are settling accounts with those who remain.
And there are many of them remaining, because we are confronting them."

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel:

"Iran's desire, and that of its proxy forces, to destroy the State of Israel has not disappeared; it has only weakened.
Their ability to achieve this goal has been severely damaged. We have fulfilled our duty, but there is still more work to be done, and we will complete it.
We will eliminate Hamas. We will also first defeat the Iranian regime; we will overthrow it; it will fall. We will also confront Hezbollah, and it too will fall."

The Israeli military targeted two members of Hamas's elite forces in northern Gaza.

The Israeli military announced that Sharif Shadi Ibrahim Labd, a member of Hamas's elite forces who participated in the October 7th attack on the Erez crossing, and Youssef Saadeddin Rasheed Za'eem, commander of Hamas's elite forces, were neutralized in separate operations.

According to the Israeli military, these individuals were recently involved in planning operations against Israeli forces and Israeli citizens, as well as in rebuilding Hamas's capabilities. The Israeli military stated that these operations were carried out to eliminate threats, and that measures were taken to minimize harm to civilians, including the use of precision weapons and aerial surveillance.

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During airstrikes conducted by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), an IDF AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fired its 30mm M230 machine gun towards the Mansouri area in southern Lebanon.

Trump, the President of the United States, on Iran:

Iran wants to reach an agreement. In my opinion, they are not yet ready.
We will either reach an agreement that is good, or we will not reach an agreement at all. We have already eliminated their ability to develop nuclear weapons.
If we had not used our B-2 bombers, there would currently be a country called Iran with nuclear weapons, and they would be using them.

Trump, the President of the United States, on Iran:

"Wherever you look in the world, Iran is known as the most evil country, and it has been for a very long time.
We will take care of things. They are in a very weak position."

🇺🇸Donald Trump, the President of the United States, on Iran:

"I think they are in a state of collapse.
You know, their economy is at a level that they have never seen before. It's the worst economic situation they've ever been in.
They are facing inflation of over 300 percent. They are not paying their soldiers. They are not paying their military personnel. They are not even paying their police.
Their situation is chaotic. We will see what happens."

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, on Iran:

"We control the Strait of Hormuz; we have a tremendous control over it.
We destroy a lot of boats every night, usually at night, because they can't see anything.
They know we're there, but they can't see anything because we've destroyed their radars. They have no night vision capabilities."

🇺🇸Donald Trump, the President of the United States, on Iran:

"I think ultimately, we will prevail.
I don't know if it will be through a deal or not, but we are already winning. However, I think ultimately, we will prevail."

What does it mean to be a people of a land?

It means exactly this: Tens of thousands of people from the nation of Israel gather at the Western Wall to recite the prayer of forgiveness before Yom Kippur – the same people, in the same land, in the same language, in the same place, praying before the ruins of our Temple, which was destroyed 2000 years ago by foreign invaders.

Every Jewish wedding ends with this promise: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem..."

Every Passover and Yom Kippur ends with this hope: "Next year in Jerusalem."

Some may try to impose a false and dangerous reality. But they will never be able to rewrite history.

We are where we have always been.

We will remain here.

We will be here forever.

At home. 🇮🇱

Macron, speaking about Iran:
"The Strait of Hormuz is practically still blocked, and there is currently no agreement to reopen it.
In fact, the situation regarding traffic and passage has worsened compared to a few weeks ago."

Shabbat Shalom

May we have a peaceful and blessed Shabbat 🇮🇱🙏❤️