I’ll certainly not speculate about whether and to what degree Iran does anything. What I can tell you is we have and will maintain a level of readiness to preserve our national security interest in the region,
We’re obviously concerned about escalation, ... we don’t believe that it is inevitable.”
We don’t want to see an escalation, and everything we’ve been doing since the 7th of October,” when the Gaza war began with Hamas’s invasion of Israel, “we’ve been trying to manage those risks,
Citizens of Israel, challenging days lie ahead. Since the strike in Beirut there are threats sounding from all directions. We are prepared for any scenario and we will stand united and determined against any threat. Israel will exact a heavy price for any aggression against us from any arena,
We’ve now seen again that Israel can target anywhere in Iran. But this time there is a question of the safety of the Iranian senior officials,
I just don’t see how a cease-fire is feasible right now with the assassination of the person you would have been negotiating with,
Israel sent a clear message: we will harm with great force whoever harms us.”
We have settled our scores with Mohsen and we will settle our scores with anyone who harms us,
We've eliminated (Hezbollah chief Hassan) Nasrallah's right-hand man, who was directly responsible for the massacre of children,
If we had listened to these voices, we would not have eliminated Hamas leaders and thousands of terrorists, we would not have destroyed terrorist infrastructures ... we would not have created the conditions that bring us closer to an agreement that will allow both the liberation of all our hostages and the achievement of all the war's objectives,
Iran’s number one priority is to have an atomic bomb under its belt. It’s not the best time for it. Therefore, it would prefer to work through proxies,
Netanyahu is not interested in a hostage deal for political reasons because his coalition partners are not interested,
This assassination and the reckless Israeli behavior in continuing to target civilians in Gaza would lead to the region sliding into chaos and undermine chances for peace,
Egypt and Qatar have been in the trenches with the United States to try to get this hostage deal between Israel and Hamas moving,
The Israelis have yet to claim credit, but it’s likely the Israelis,
We consider his revenge as our duty,
Even though the assassination of Haniyeh is a painful blow for Hamas, it will make no difference in the military confrontation between Israel and Hamas,
If Hezbollah is considering how to act or to respond, one of the main question marks is how they’re going to manage a war without Shukur,
The message was to Iran and the proxies, if you thought in Tehran you’re protected, we can reach you there as well,
Iran knows that its capability of hurting Israel is much more significant from Lebanon,