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We are firing hundreds of rockets and dozens of drones. A large number of settlements and cities are under the fire of the resistance,
Our military capabilities are fine,
As long as the enemy threatens our existence and the peace of our country, we will continue to fight. As long as our hostages are still in Gaza, we will continue to fight,
I have grown old while watching my children hungry, scared, having nightmares and screaming day and night from the sound of the bombing and shells,
said one displaced woman, Israa Abu Matar, 26. We know in our minds, our hearts, in every cell in our bodies: there will be no rehabilitation without the return of the hostages. All of them,
said Nitza Corngold, whose son Tal Shoham was kidnapped We support their ability to target militants, to degrade Hezbollah's infrastructure, to degrade Hezbollah's capability. But we are very cognizant of the many times in the past where Israel has gone in on what looked like limited operations and has stayed for months or for years,
I don't see Hezbollah backing down, even at this level of pain that the Israelis are inflicting upon them,
What the Israelis have been doing is gradually ratcheting up pressure on Hezbollah to make the price of continuing to attack in support of Gaza too costly for the organization,
David Daoud, senior fellow at FDD specializing in Hezbollah and Lebanon, told Fox News Digital There are ways to avoid a ground invasion,
I would call it a kind of proactive attrition,
said Daoud, who co-authored the FDD report Forces from the Commando Brigade, including soldiers from the Egoz Unit, located and destroyed a Hezbollah attack infrastructure, which included a rocket launcher, explosive stockpiles, and additional military equipment,
the IDF said of the initial operation We're watching this very closely."
In response to questions from reporters regarding Israel’s operations in Lebanon, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said It is time for the release of the hostages. Time to silence the guns. Time to stop the suffering that has engulfed the region. Time for peace, international law and justice,
This war was forced upon us, yet we are willing to pay the price,
We will not stop working to achieve a cease-fire deal in Gaza that brings the hostages home, allows for a surge in humanitarian aid to ease the suffering on the ground, assures Israel’s security and ends this war,
Today more than ever, we carry a deep commitment to continue taking every measure necessary to defeat our enemies and to defend our homeland,
Gallant said in a statement We rallied together to defend our country, our homeland. We mustered immense mental strength,
Palestinian history is made of cycles,
Meshaal, 68, a senior figure under overall leader Yahya Sinwar, told Reuters in an interview marking the Gaza war anniversary We responded as necessary.”
In the broader international context, the leadership can then reassure their people Despite having been forced into a bloody conflict that it did not want, Israel remains a democracy endowed with an independent judiciary and deeply committed to the rule of law,
the Israeli filing argued