Netanyahu on coming cease-fire: 'I promised victory and we will achieve victory'
In pre-recorded statement, almost a year and two months after Hezbollah in the north joined the surprise attack by Hamas in the south, the prime minister addresses a cease-fire in Lebanon; ‘This is not the same Hezbollah, we set it back decades’
By: Itamar Eichner – Y Net News; ynetnews.com
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a pre-recorded statement Tuesday evening following a meeting of his political-security cabinet and ahead of the cease-fire in the north which is expected to take effect Wednesday morning according to the plan – almost a year and two months after Hezbollah joined the fighting against Israel, after the surprise attack by Hamas in the south.
“I promised you victory, and we will achieve victory. We will complete the elimination of Hamas, we will return all our hostages, we will ensure that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel, and we will return the residents of the north safely to their homes,” said the prime minister at the beginning of his statement that was recorded before the debate on approving the cease-fire in the cabinet. “The war will not end until we achieve all our goals, until we return the residents of the north safely home. It will happen, just as it happened in the south. My friends, the residents of the north, I am proud of you, your ability to endure, I am fully committed to your future.”