Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an assessment of the security situation in the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. English captions available.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an assessment of the security situation in the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv.

English captions available.

Inlägg av The Prime Minister of Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently holding an assessment of the security situation at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, ISA Director Yoram Cohen and other security officials are also taking part.

At the start of the discussion, Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “I would like to send condolences to the families of the fallen and my best wishes for a full recovery to our wounded soldiers. Whoever is behind today’s attack will pay the full price. For some time, Iran – via Hezbollah – has been trying to establish an additional terrorist front against us from the Golan Heights.

We are taking strong and responsible action against this attempt. The Lebanese government and the Assad regime share responsibility for the consequences of the attacks emanating from their territories against the State of Israel. In all of these events, our mission is to defend the State of Israel. Our only consideration is the security of the State of Israel and its citizens. Thus we have acted and thus we will continue to act.”

Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO