Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the IDF Gaza Division this afternoon, and was briefed on preparations and readiness of the IDF Southern Command forces by GOC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir and sector brigade commanders.
Also attending were Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, Prime Minister's Military Secretary, Brig.-Gen. Eliezer Toledano and IDF Gaza Division Commander Brig. Gen. Itai Virov. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an observation point adjacent to the Gaza Strip where he made the following remarks: "We are managing the struggle for Israel's security on several fronts. First of all, maintaining the calm on the Temple Mount, secondly, in Judea and Samaria, and third, in Gaza. Each of these fronts can catch fire and spread to the other.
Also attending were Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, Prime Minister's Military Secretary, Brig.-Gen. Eliezer Toledano and IDF Gaza Division Commander Brig. Gen. Itai Virov. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an observation point adjacent to the Gaza Strip where he made the following remarks: "We are managing the struggle for Israel's security on several fronts. First of all, maintaining the calm on the Temple Mount, secondly, in Judea and Samaria, and third, in Gaza. Each of these fronts can catch fire and spread to the other.
Today I'm visiting here, with the Defense Minister, Chief of Staff, GOC Southern Command and field commanders, and I am impressed that the situation here is under control. In each of these sectors we are applying the policy of calming the situation by taking actions, against the instigators and against the forces of terrorism, in a responsible and measured manner, with power, and with very much power when needed. I think the language was made clear to Hamas that we consider it responsible for what happens in the Gaza Strip, and emanating from it, that we will not allow our borders to be infiltrated or attacks on our territory and our people. I am impressed that the message was well understood. "
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this afternoon (20 Oct 2015), visited the IDF Gaza Division, and was briefed on preparations and readiness of the IDF Southern Command forces by GOC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir and sector brigade commanders. Also attending were Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, Prime Minister's Military Secretary, Brig.-Gen. Eliezer Toledano and IDF Gaza Division Commander Brig. Gen. Itai Virov.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an observation point adjacent to the Gaza Strip where he made the following remarks:
"We are managing the struggle for Israel's security on several fronts. First of all, maintaining the calm on the Temple Mount, secondly, in Judea and Samaria, and third, in Gaza. Each of these fronts can catch fire and spread to the other.
Today I'm visiting here, with the Defense Minister, Chief of Staff, GOC Southern Command and field commanders, and I am impressed that the situation here is under control. In each of these sectors we are applying the policy of calming the situation by taking actions, against the instigators and against the forces of terrorism, in a responsible and measured manner, with power, and with very much power when needed. I think the language was made clear to Hamas that we consider it responsible for what happens in the Gaza Strip, and emanating from it, that we will not allow our borders to be infiltrated or attacks on our territory and our people.
I am impressed that the message was well understood. "
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon's remarks:
"We are still in the midst of a wave of terrorism which we did not instigate. It is the fruit of wild incitement and lies centered around stories of violation of the status quo on the Temple Mount, continued incitement which maintains that we perpetrate executions, stories that never happened. We are taking the necessary steps on all fronts, including in Judea and Samaria, in the Gaza Strip, and within the State of Israel of deployment and addressing the challenges ahead, particularly terrorism by individuals, certainly the result of incitement, a phenomenon we are already familiar with. We must all be alert; soldiers, policemen and citizens, and respond accordingly.
In the majority of incidents, including the one in Hebron this morning, a rapid reaction by forces the moment a fighter is threatened with a knife, then immediately the terrorist is hit to be neutralized. In this case, of course, the terrorist was killed. This is the correct way to deal with the wave of terrorism.
At the same time, there were attempts in the Gaza Strip to violate our sovereignty along the fence. In recent days, our troops have taken control of the matter. As we see, the sector is quiet. Communities are blooming and expanding. Definitely, this is our answer. We are a culture of life and prosperity, facing the culture of death and destruction, both here and over the fence, in the Golan Heights, and unfortunately, both in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria.
I hope that we will continue in such a manner. And I wish to commend commanders, from the IDF and the Israel Police; soldiers, police, border police, members of the Israel Security Agency, who do an excellent job. "
Photo: Haim Zach, GPO
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