Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
"On October 7th, the Hamas terrorist monsters burst into Israel, murdered our people, raped and beheaded our women, burnt babies alive, and took 255 innocent people hostage, including many Americans.
A day later, on October 8th, another Iranian terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, attacked Israel completely unprovoked. They fired missiles and rockets into our cities.
They made 60,000 Israelis leave their homes along the Lebanon border, becoming refugees in their own land.
In the subsequent months, they haven't stopped for a single day attacking us.
No country can accept the wanton rocketing of its cities. We can't accept it either.
We will take whatever action is necessary to restore security and to bring our people safe back to their homes."
