Gallant says Israel will 'destroy Hezbollah'

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has vowed that Israel "will achieve (its) goals in the north and south," in what he called a message to both Israel’s "enemies and best friends."

The comments come after U.S. President Joe Biden threatened that some arms shipments would be frozen if Israel launched a planned full-on offensive in southern Gaza’s Rafah.

"I say from here to Israel’s enemies and its best friends: The State of Israel cannot be subdued -- not the IDF (Israeli army), not the Defense Ministry, not the defense establishment, not the State of Israel. We will stand, we will achieve our goals, we will hit Hamas, we will destroy Hezbollah, and we will bring security," Gallant said during a ceremony ahead of Israel’s Memorial Day.

"Whatever the cost, we will ensure the existence of the State of Israel and remember well the directive we signed just a week ago during the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, the words ‘Never Again.’ For me, it’s not just a directive, it’s a work plan. This is how the defense establishment will work and this is how the IDF (Israeli army) will work," he added.

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Thumb gebran_sons 10 May 2024, 15:31

Ha Ha! For 18 years Gebran Sons wrote that Netanyahu (& company) and Nasrallah are 2 sides of the same coin. They preach the same message of hate, destruction and threats. They depend on each other for survival and power grab. Netanyahu and his racist ministers came to power in close elections thanks to Hizbollah & Hamas rockets. Their biggest fear is regional peace as they will be convicted as war criminals. So despite their Orwellian threats, they need each other and will make everything to preserve the balance of terror that justify their rule. True blood traders surviving and profiting from people misery.

Thumb i.report 11 May 2024, 03:49

The Palestinian Genocide is part of the so-called US Alliance War on Terror that in horrible reality is a cowardly, racist US Alliance and racist Zionist War on Women and Children and a War on Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrians etc.

As General Moshe Dayan infamously stated, "Israel must invent dangers, and to do this it must adapt the strategy of provocation and revenge." These actions, as articulated in Letters to his son (1937) by David Ben Gurion, who stated, "We will expel the Arabs and take their place," represent a deliberate and ruthless agenda of expulsion and destruction.