Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued his first public response to the barrage of Iranian drone strikes on Israel, pledging his nation would emerge victorious.
In a brief message he posted on his X account, Netanyahu wrote in Hebrew, “We intercepted. We shut it down. We’ll succeed together.”
This is the first time Netanyahu has expressed something in public since the Iranian attack.
Following a two-hour situation assessment with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz, an Israeli official said no decision had been made regarding Israel’s response to the Iranian missile and drone attack. The war cabinet meeting will discuss the possible response today at a 3pm meeting.
Following assessment of the situation with War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that Israel has managed to halt the main Iranian attack. “The campaign is not yet over – we must remain alert and attentive to the instructions published by the IDF and Homefront Command. We must be prepared for every scenario. Having said this, we have thwarted the most significant wave [of the attack], and we did so successfully.”
He praises Israel’s cooperation with the US and other allies, saying, “Israel withstood an attack tonight by hundreds of missiles and drones, and the IDF halted the attack impressively”.
