Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister confirmed holding a telephonic conversation with the US President-elect Donald Trump, during which he reaffirmed his country’s ‘determination’ to continue acting against Iran and its armed proxies, according to the media reports. Netanyahu said in the video message that he had a “very friendly, very warm, and very important conversation” on Saturday and told about the need for Israel to “complete its victory.”
The leaders also talked of the need to bring home the remaining hostages in Gaza. Hamas carried out a massive terror attack on Israel on October 7 killing over 1200 people and holding over 250 as hostages. Around 100 of them are still believed to be in captivity in Gaza. Israel launched a strong counter-offensive targeting Hamas units in Gaza in an operation that has killed over 45,000 Palestinians.
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“I discussed all of this again last night with my friend, US President-elect Donald Trump,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “It was a very friendly, very warm and very important conversation. We spoke about the need to complete Israel’s victory, and we also spoke at length about the efforts we are making to free our hostages,” he said as quoted by CNN.
Netanyahu said that Israel continues to “work tirelessly to bring our hostages home, both the living and the dead. And I add, the less we talk about it, the better, and so with God’s help, we will succeed.”On Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister took to social media platform X and strongly affirmed that they would “change” the Middle East.
Netanyahu said in a post on X, “I said we would change the Middle East and this is what is happening. Syria is not the same Syria. Lebanon is not the same Lebanon. Gaza is not the same Gaza. Iran is not the same Iran”. “We are committed to preventing Hezbollah from rearming,” he said. “This is an ongoing test for Israel, we must meet it – and we will meet it. I say to Hezbollah and Iran in no uncertain terms – to prevent you from harming us, we will continue to act against you as much as necessary, in every arena and at all times,” according to the media reports.
Since the rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) overthrew the over two-decades-long Bashar al-Assad regime on December 8, Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes across Syria and carried out a land incursion that stretches past the occupied Golan Heights into a previously demilitarized buffer zone, according to the media reports.
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