After the Iranian missile attack against Israel there is no questioning anymore the basic understanding that Iran is the greatest generator of terror and death in the Middle East. Until now, Israel has been playing a whack-a-mole game with Iran’s proxies – fighting Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and others,
This is a war between Israel and Iran which began as a direct war on April 14. The war is a twilight struggle between a nation run by a tyranny that seeks to extinguish the other. Either Iran or Israel, but not both, will emerge from this war not only as victor but survivor."
After an unprecedented Iranian attack, we are in a regional war."
With Iran again attacking Israel directly, the time has come to take the fight directly to Iran. The ayatollahs there need to be made to pay a price."
Israel's recent military actions signal a departure from the more restrained posture observed in April, when the nation's defense capabilities against missile threats were deemed a victory. The recent strategic strikes in Lebanon underscore Israel's heightened efforts to neutralize enduring existential threats."
Citizens of Israel, at the start of my remarks, I send condolences to the families of those who were murdered in the abhorrent terrorist attack in Jaffa and my best wishes for a quick recovery to the wounded. As in the missile attack, there was also a murderous guiding hand behind this terrorist attack — it came from Tehran,
This evening, Iran made a big mistake – and it will pay for it. The regime in Tehran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and to exact a price from our enemies,
It is likely that the Israeli leadership has already anticipated the Iranian attack and has prepared for it,
Iran will pay a significant and heavy price for the attack yesterday; in Tehran they know that Israel will come. The response should be tough and send a clear message to the entire axis, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza,
The attack tonight, despite U.S. warning – must be met with not only a forceful Israeli response - but a larger, coordinated regional one,
Sinwar and Deif did not understand this; neither did Nasrallah or Mohsen. Apparently, there are those in Tehran who do not understand this either. They will. We will keep to the rule we have determined: Whoever attacks us – we attack them,
Israel has now its greatest opportunity in 50 years, to change the face of the Middle East, ... We must act now to destroy Iran's nuclear program, its central energy facilities, and to fatally cripple this terrorist regime."
Ultimately, ... it's really a failure of international diplomacy to not have de-escalated all of this much earlier with much more urgency, and that's why we got ourselves into this very, very dangerous situation."
Our defensive and offensive capabilities are at the highest levels of readiness. Our operational plans are ready. We will respond wherever, whenever, and however we choose, in accordance with the directive of the government of Israel,
This assault will have consequences. We have plans, we will act where and when we decide."
We have the justification. We have the tools. Now that Hezbollah and Hamas are paralyzed, Iran stands exposed. There are times when history knocks at our door, and we must open it,
He can take the command and control systems away from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and he's got the Iranian leadership in the crosshairs,
I think we'll see the Israelis continue in Lebanon, ... That's what they've got to figure out first, so they can get their people back into the northern part of their country."
There will be consequences."
He's already redrawn the global security map,