Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian terrorist infrastructure have predictably reignited debates about the legality of preemptive self-defense under international law. Let’s dispense with the posturing: these strikes were not only lawful, they were necessary, and there is nothing controversial about what happened — legally, morally, or strategically.
The concept of preemptive self-defense has long occupied a contested space in legal scholarship. Article 51 of the UN Charter affirms that:
<blockquote>Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs&#8230;</blockquote>
Critics argue that this language imposes a strict temporal requirement: self-defense can only begin after an armed attack has already occurred. But this interpretation has always been tenuous — and increasingly divorced from operational realities. The law is not meant to incentivize victimhood, which is why many scholars, more rooted in reality, point out that waiting for a missile to land before acting is not international law — it’s international suicide.
That debate, however, is irrelevant here. Because Israel’s right to self-defense is not merely being invoked preemptively.
For decades Iran has openly vowed to destroy the State of Israel, and they have taken many steps to assure the world that they actually mean it. Since October 7, Iran and its proxy forces — Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and militias in Syria and Iraq — have launched thousands of missiles and rockets at Israeli population centers. Each launch was not merely a political provocation, but a war crime: a direct attack on civilians. Under any reading of Article 51, these constitute armed attacks in the strictest legal sense.
And that brings us to the next question: Once the right to self-defense has been triggered, what exactly are its limits?
Customary international law, particularly as articulated in the Caroline doctrine, imposes two key conditions: necessity and proportionality. As Professor Amos Shapira has explained, the central issue is “the dimensions of the risk created by the adversary and the means reasonably necessary to repel, or remove, that risk.” Likewise, Hans Kelsen rightly warned that a right to self-defense that does not allow for the neutralization of the underlying threat is no right at all.
Israel’s response to persistent attacks falls squarely within this framework. The threat is not hypothetical. It is ongoing, declared, and demonstrated. Iran has openly vowed to destroy the State of Israel. Its proxies act constantly to make good on that promise. In recent days Iran has enriched enough uranium to build 15 nuclear bombs. The existential threat is, as the law requires, “instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation.”
In that context, Israel’s latest actions were proportionate and disciplined. Legally, Israel would have been justified in going much further. But it chose targeted, calibrated strikes instead — demonstrating not only military precision, but also strategic restraint.
Some commentators will nonetheless characterize these operations as escalatory or destabilizing. But that critique inverts the causality. The destabilization began with Iranian aggression. Israel’s actions are a stabilizing response — aimed at restoring deterrence and preventing further loss of life.
History has made one lesson painfully clear: peace is not the product of goodwill gestures or international declarations. It is secured by credible deterrence. The idea of peace through strength — long dismissed by the willfully naive — has never been more relevant. Israel’s recent actions embody this principle. When faced with an implacable adversary whose stated goal is your annihilation, strength is not a provocation; it’s a prerequisite for survival. And demonstrating that strength, responsibly and with restraint, is not just a legal right — it is a moral obligation to one’s citizens and allies.
To be clear, deterrence only works if it is believable. That is why the Israeli response was not just defensive—it was declarative. It sent a message not only to Tehran, but to every state and non-state actor watching: We are not passive targets. We will not wait quietly for missiles to rain down or for uranium to be weaponized. We will act, decisively and proportionately, to protect our people. That is how peace is preserved — not by appeasement, but by the unmistakable resolve to uphold red lines and enforce consequences.
There are only two sides in this war: Those who want to kill millions of innocent people, and those who do not. Each person must choose who they want to stand with. But regardless, the international legal system recognizes the right of states to defend themselves. That right is not a theoretical construct, nor is it a suicide pact. It exists for precisely moments like this one.
If the international community is genuinely committed to law and order, then Israel’s actions should not just be understood. They should be affirmed. In addition, Iranian leaders and regime-aligned institutions have repeatedly issued statements calling for the destruction or downfall of both America and Europe. If anything, the world should say thank you.
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John Spencer is chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point and host of the &#8221;Urban Warfare Project Podcast.&#8221; He is the co-author of &#8221;Understanding Urban Warfare.” 
Mark Goldfeder is Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center and a law professor at Touro University.
Arsen Ostrovsky is a human rights attorney who serves as CEO of The International Legal Forum and senior fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

United Nations Security Council Meets To Discuss Israel’s Strikes On Iran

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Thiago Ávila, a Brazilian activist sailing to Gaza alongside Greta Thunberg on the “Freedom Flotilla,” has a long record of anti-Israel radicalism—including attending the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Ávila is currently on board the Madleen, a 59-foot boat carrying Thunberg and other activists that is approaching Israeli waters in an attempt to sail to Gaza. The group, which has been mocked as the “selfie flotilla,” is using the voyage as a publicity stunt. Ávila has been seen in numerous videos filmed on the boat <a href="https://x.com/sahatenglish/status/1930244104782299326">singing</a> and spreading anti-Israel rhetoric.
The vessel is set to arrive on June 7 or 8, though it is unlikely that the Israel Defense Forces will allow the boat anywhere near Gaza. French member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan, is also onboard.
<div id="attachment_930607" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-930607" class="size-large wp-image-930607" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-864x576.jpg" alt="GRETA THUNBERG and Thiago Ávila" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GettyImages-2218116784.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Greta Thunberg with part of the crew of the ship Madleen, shortly before departure for Gaza, during the press conference in San Giovanni Li Cuti on June 01, 2025 in Catania, Italy. (Photo by Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images)</div>
Regarding the blockade, the IDF told The Daily Wire that it is “prepared for a wide range of scenarios which it will act upon in accordance with the directives of the political echelon.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-says-prepared-deal-with-greta-thunbergs-flotilla-en-route-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=IDF+Says+It%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Prepared%E2%80%99+To+Deal+With+Greta+Thunberg%E2%80%99s+Flotilla+En+Route+To+Gaza">IDF SAYS IT’S ‘PREPARED’ TO DEAL WITH GRETA THUNBERG’S FLOTILLA EN ROUTE TO GAZA</a>
This voyage is not Ávila’s first: he was also aboard a larger vessel that was attacked and disabled before arriving in Malta to pick up Thunberg last month. It was later reportedly towed to Libya. The group accuses the IDF of the attack, though the IDF has not taken responsibility.
Ávila, who has half a million followers on Instagram, has a long history of radical activism. He has called the hostages in Gaza “prisoners,” met with terrorists, idolized Nasrallah at his funeral, and said that he “despises” both the United States and Israel.
<div id="attachment_930631" style="width: 334px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-930631" class="size-large wp-image-930631" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-324x576.jpeg" alt="Thiago Ávila" width="324" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-324x576.jpeg 324w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-169x300.jpeg 169w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-768x1366.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzcXwAArKx4.jpeg 946w" sizes="(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px" />Ávila posted a photo of himself meeting with Leila Khaled—a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who hijacked a civilian airliner in 1969. (Photo: Screenshot/X)</div>
Ávila has highlighted his interactions with terrorists, including posting a photo of himself meeting with Leila Khaled—a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who hijacked a civilian airliner in 1969. Jerusalem Post reporter <a href="https://x.com/StarrJpost/status/1893864011248124250/photo/1">Michael Starr shared</a> a screenshot from Ávila’s Instagram story of the meeting where he said she is one of the people he “most admire[s] in the entire world.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-recovers-bodies-of-two-american-hostages-in-gaza">IDF RECOVERS BODIES OF TWO AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN GAZA</a>
In February, Ávila <a href="https://archive.is/p8Trd">responded to a post</a> about his meeting with Khaled, saying he does not support terrorists—but added, “I actually despise Israel and the United States,” implying he views them as such.
In February, Ávila widely shared his attendance at Nasrallah’s funeral, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGY-cEKM2KB/?igsh=MXY0d2J1c2xybHVkNg==">posting</a> interviews where he said Nasrallah “shines” as a figure who was “thinking about liberation of the entire world.” In <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGYug3_tqVV/?igsh=MWt3MDJ4bDMwZDk2dw==">another video</a>, he called Nasrallah a &#8220;martyr&#8221; who inspires people “all over the world.”
<div id="attachment_930623" style="width: 331px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-930623" class="size-large wp-image-930623" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-321x576.jpg" alt="Thiago Ávila" width="321" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-321x576.jpg 321w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-167x300.jpg 167w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-768x1377.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM-857x1536.jpg 857w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-06-at-3.30.54%E2%80%AFPM.jpg 1054w" sizes="(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px" />Thiago Ávila posted a video of himself at the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Photo: screenshot/Instagram)</div>
“Not many people can say that they defeated the greatest evil forces of their generation not only once, but many times like Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,” Ávila said in the interview, adding that Lebanon “will never be defeated by the Zionists.”
In <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGdirQjRePp/?igsh=ZjR0MGtscWt1MWFl">a third video</a>, Ávila showed himself wearing a keffiyeh among the masses at the funeral, including approaching Nasrallah’s coffin.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/christian-pro-israel-conference-cancels-after-overwhelming-number-of-credible-terror-threats?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Christian+Pro-Israel+Conference+Cancels+After+%E2%80%98Overwhelming%E2%80%99+Number+Of+Credible+Terror+Threats">CHRISTIAN PRO-ISRAEL CONFERENCE CANCELS AFTER ‘OVERWHELMING’ NUMBER OF CREDIBLE TERROR THREATS</a>
Starr’s post also included a screenshot of Ávila, revealing that he first met Nasrallah when he was 19 years old, adding that he was “so inspired” by watching the terrorist leader speak.
<div id="attachment_930635" style="width: 341px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-930635" class="size-large wp-image-930635" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-331x576.jpeg" alt="Thiago Ávila" width="331" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-331x576.jpeg 331w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-173x300.jpeg 173w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-768x1335.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR-884x1536.jpeg 884w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/GkhbRzdWoAAcGSR.jpeg 1170w" sizes="(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px" />Ávila, revealed that he first met Nasrallah when he was 19 years old, adding that he was “so inspired” by watching the terrorist leader speak.</div>
“Wherever there is injustice and colonization, there will be people willing to fight for liberation,” Ávila wrote. “And today, the Lebanese resistance shows that it’s very much alive, reorganizing and inspired to follow the footsteps of its leader. I was very honored and very humbled to be here on this historical moment and to meet such inspiring people.”
In the days after Hamas’ massacre, rape, and kidnapping of Israeli civilians, <a href="https://archive.is/HHzyf">Ávila criticized</a> UN Secretary General António Guterres for calling for the immediate release of the hostages, calling them instead “prisoners” and advocating for them to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners.
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In a second tweet, Ávila <a href="https://archive.is/DX8ns">accused Israel</a> of committing a “crime against humanity” in its response to Hamas just four days after the massacre.
Ávila did not respond to a request for comment.
An earlier version of this article mistakenly claimed that Liam Cunningham was aboard the Madleen. It has been confirmed that he was not onboard the vessel after it departed.

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Greta Thunberg’s Brazilian Flotilla Buddy Attended Funeral Of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah

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A number of tax-deductible charities and financial service providers are helping fund groups linked to U.S.-designated terrorist organizations including Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a new report alleges.
Published by the Jerusalem-based <a href="https://ngo-monitor.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NGO Monitor</a>, the report accuses terrorist-linked groups of raising funds in the United States through tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations and through donor-advised financial service providers.
“The sharp rise in violent anti-Semitism in the wake of the October 7th massacre highlights the urgent need for greater vigilance in preventing the diversion of aid and NGO funding to terror and hate,” Professor Gerald M. Steinberg, Founder and President of NGO Monitor told The Daily Wire. “This includes systematically investigating and documenting the support that IRS-registered charities receive from and provide to individuals and organizations linked to designated terror groups or active in spreading hate propaganda.&#8221;
The report cites several NGOs tied to the PFLP and designated as terror groups by Israel, including the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), Al-Haq, Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P), and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR). NGO Monitor accuses Al Mezan of having members with ties to both Hamas and the PFLP.
The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP), a 501(c)(3) based in Washington, D.C., claims on its website that <a href="https://fmep.org/our-grantees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in 2025</a> it provided funds to Al Haq, Al Mezan, DCI-P, and PCHR. Its website does not state how much it has given, but according to <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/526055574/202442149349100604/full" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2023 IRS filings</a>, FMEP granted $10,000 to Al Mezan, and $58,000 to Al-Haq.
Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, provided $800,000 between 2020-2023 to Al Haq, $250,000 between 2023-2025 to Al Haq Europe, $170,000 to Al Mezan in 2023, and $450,000 to Al Mezan between 2021-2024.
Grassroots International has been <a href="https://grassrootsonline.org/palestine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soliciting donations</a> for the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, which the group <a href="https://grassrootsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Inside-Philanthropy-April-10-2024-Funding-in-Gaza-and-Haiti-Amid-Devastating-Violence.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has called</a> a “long-term partner,” according to NGO Monitor.
Other tax-deductible American charities that provided funds include the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) which granted $100,000 to DCI-P for 2020-2022 and Cultures of Resistance Network which has funded Al-Haq, DCI-P, the UAWC, and Al Mezan, according to NGO monitor.
A 2023 report from the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/02/metro/rockefeller-brothers-fund-funding-palestinian-terror-groups/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that RBF shelled out millions since 2018 directly or indirectly to six anti-Israel organizations, some of which openly celebrated Hamas’s October 7 attack on civilians. In <a href="https://www.rbf.org/news/rbf-statement-grantmaking-israel-palestine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">response</a>, RBF rejected any claim that their “grantee organizations support, materially or ideologically, acts of terrorism.”
NGO Monitor’s report points out that the Alexandria, Virginia-based Charities Aid Foundation, which facilitated donor-advised grantmaking, lists DCI-P as a member of its “vetted network&#8221; of charitable organizations.
The report added that Al-Haq and the Hind Rajab Foundation — whose founder boasts his ties to Hezbollah — use the San Francisco-based Stripe Inc. to process donations.
The Hind Rajab Foundation, founded in Belgium, initiated legal proceedings to seek the arrests of IDF veterans, including American citizens, and has demanded the arrest of former President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Its founder, Dyab Abou Jahjah, in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/01/world/the-saturday-profile-an-outspoken-arab-in-europe-demon-or-hero.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2003 claimed</a> he “joined the Hezbollah resistance against Israel,” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110608080952/http://www.mediamonitors.net/dyababoujahjah1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called the</a> September 11, 2001 attacks “sweet revenge” and is reportedly on the U.S. no-fly list. A <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-841011" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jerusalem Post</a> report from last month reports that Jahjah has family and business links to actors designated as part of Hezbollah’s terror funding network.
Al Mezan’s director, Issam Younis, participated in a 2017 panel discussion alongside now-deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar at an event that was also attended by leaders of other U.S.-designated terror organizations including Palestinian Islamic Jihad and PFLP. One of Al Mezan’s board members from 2010 to 2022 was Nafiz Al-Madhoun, the former Director-General of the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Legislative Council, according to NGO Monitor.
UAWC has been identified by a <a href="https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABY769.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USAID audit</a> as the “agricultural arm” of the PFLP and a 2022 audit by the Dutch government <a href="https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/brieven_regering/detail?id=2022Z00093&amp;did=2022D00176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that 34 individuals held politicians in both UAWC and PFLP between 2007-2020. Two of UAWC’s financial officers were arrested in 2019 for leading a PFLP terror cell that murdered a 17-year-old Israeli in a bombing.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense <a href="https://nbctf.mod.gov.il/en/Pages/211021EN.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">designated</a> Al-Haq as a terrorist entity in 2021 because it operated on behalf of the PFLP. In 2018, the group had its online credit card donations <a href="https://www.uklfi.com/credit-card-donations-to-terrorist-linked-ngos-terminated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shut down</a> by Visa, Mastercard, and American Express because of its PFLP ties, reported NGO Monitor. The group&#8217;s director, Shawan Jabarin, has been identified as a leading PFLP member by the Israeli Supreme Court and has identified several PFLP events. He also was part of the 2017 panel alongside Sinwar and Younis.
PCHR’s founder and director, Raji Sourani, was imprisoned in 1979 for three years for being a member of the PFLP and denied entry to the United States in 2012, according to the report. He admitted his PFLP affiliation in a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181018125346/https:/video.alwatanvoice.com/view/2014/02/17/496986.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2014 speech</a> in Gaza where he said he was “proud” of the organization where he “fought in its ranks.”
DCI-P was designated as a terror entity by Israel in 2021, which claimed it operated on behalf of the PFLP. The group was reportedly cut off from Citibank, Arab Bank PLC, and the U.S.-based Global Giving crowdfunding because of its terror ties. Numerous members with PFLP ties have been employed and appointed as board members, according to NGO monitor.
Stripe, FMEP, Open Society Foundation, Grassroots International, RBF, and Cultures of Resistance did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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EXCLUSIVE: New Report Shows U.S. Charities Helping Fund Groups Linked To Hamas and PFLP

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Israel Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/benjamin-netanyahu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> gifted President Donald a golden pager this week commemorating Israel&#8217;s legendary pager operation last year against Hezbollah.
Netanyahu gave the gift to Trump during their meeting on Tuesday in remembrance of Israel detonating thousands of the devices late last year, injuring thousands of Hezbollah terrorists.
The pager states &#8220;PRESS WITH BOTH HANDS,&#8221; and is mounted on a wooden plaque that praises Trump for his strong relationship with the country.
&#8220;To President Donald J. Trump, our greatest friend and greatest ally,&#8221; the plaque says. &#8220;Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.&#8221;
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🇺🇸🇮🇱 A gift from PM Netanyahu to President Trump: A golden pager to memorialize the September, 2024 operation against Hezbollah. Wow! <a href="https://t.co/oUbbYtf8vG">pic.twitter.com/oUbbYtf8vG</a>
— RJC (@RJC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RJC/status/1887537066797637878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
In return, Trump signed a photo of the two leaders standing together in the Oval Office, according to Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister&#8217;s son.
“To Bibi, A great leader!” Trump wrote.
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🇮🇱❤️🇺🇸 
הקדשה של הנשיא טראמפ לנתניהו על : לביבי- מנהיג דגול, דונאלד טראמפ . <a href="https://t.co/DUr3GzNXK3">pic.twitter.com/DUr3GzNXK3</a>
— Yair Netanyahu🇮🇱 (@YairNetanyahu) <a href="https://twitter.com/YairNetanyahu/status/1886978847939219653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-emerge-on-how-israel-got-booby-trapped-pagers-walkie-talkies-into-hezbollahs-hands">pager operation</a>, carried out by Israel’s intelligence service Mossad, was many years in the making.
In 2015, Israel began covertly selling Hezbollah booby-trapped walkie-talkies that featured hidden explosives that were virtually undetectable and a transmission system that allowed Israel total access to Hezbollah’s communications.
Several years later, Mossad decided to try to sell the Iranian-backed terrorist group pagers, also booby-trapped with explosives.
Because the terrorist group was already paranoid about Israeli infiltration, they would not purchase any products made in Israel, the U.S., or other allied nations.
Mossad decided to sell Hezbollah Apollo pagers, made by a Taiwanese company that was well established and had no knowledge of the plan.
The sales pitch came from a woman two years ago who worked in the Middle East and had created her own company to sell Apollo products. She was already trusted by Hezbollah and was completely unaware of Mossad’s plot.
The terrorist group fell in love with the AR924 pager after she told them that it was a rugged model designed to survive battlefield conditions, was waterproof, had a battery that could last months, could be charged with a cable, and had an encryption feature that would protect communications from Israeli surveillance.
Hezbollah purchased 5,000 pagers and started giving them to mid-level operatives and logistics personnel in early 2024.
Unknown to Hezbollah and to their trusted sales rep, the devices were secretly manufactured in Israel by Mossad. The explosives were so well hidden that they were not detectable once disassembled or by X-ray.
One of the most ingenious features of the device was that its encryption feature required users to press buttons with both hands simultaneously to read the messages.
When Israel decided to detonate the devices on September 17, Mossad first sent out an encrypted message to the pagers. Terrorists who picked up the devices had to use both hands to push the buttons on the device to read the message and, when they did, their fingers and hands were blown off, rendering them useless on the battlefield.
Less than a minute later, Mossad sent out a signal that forced the detonation of all the remaining pagers whose owners had not yet pressed the buttons on the devices. The result was hundreds of terrorists getting their genitals blown off by pagers that were inside their pant pockets.
Approximately 3,000 Hezbollah fighters were injured or killed by the exploding pagers.
By the next day, Hezbollah had switched to using only walkie-talkies — the very ones that Israel had previously sold to the group nearly a decade earlier. Mossad detonated the walkie-talkies, which carried a much larger explosive charge that blew up cars and rooms inside buildings.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched strikes against Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon on Monday after the terrorist group violated a ceasefire agreement that went into effect last week.
Hezbollah violated the ceasefire agreement when it launched two projectiles that struck Mount Dov on Monday.
The IDF responded quickly to the attack as the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck dozens of launchers and additional terrorist infrastructure inside Lebanon.
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&#8220;Hezbollah’s launches tonight constitute a violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon,&#8221; the IDF said in a statement. &#8220;The State of Israel demands that the relevant parties in Lebanon fulfill their responsibilities and prevent Hezbollah&#8217;s hostile activity from within Lebanese territory. The State of Israel remains obligated to the fulfillment of the conditions of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.&#8221;
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The IAF struck Hezbollah terrorists, dozens of launchers, and terrorist infrastructure throughout Lebanon a short while ago. Additionally, the IAF struck the Hezbollah launcher in the area of Berghoz in southern Lebanon shortly after the launch of the two projectiles toward Mount…
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Hezbollah started the war with Israel last October shortly after Hamas — an Iranian-backed terrorist group inside Gaza — launched its unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel.
The terrorist group has fired thousands of missiles, rockets, and drones inside Israel, displacing hundreds of thousands of Israelis who were forced to evacuate their homes and who have not been allowed to return.
Israel has wiped out nearly all of Hezbollah&#8217;s top leaders and senior commanders over the last several months and has destroyed the majority of the terror group&#8217;s massive stockpile of munitions, according to the IDF.

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Israel Pounds Hezbollah After Terror Group Violates Ceasefire By Launching Attacks

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel’s</a> ceasefire agreement with the terror group Hezbollah is mainly about biding time for Israel until U.S. President Joe Biden leaves office, according to Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro.
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a 60-day ceasefire that went into effect on Wednesday morning, the day after Israeli lawmakers approved its terms. Negotiators from France and the United States brokered the deal, which Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/11/26/remarks-by-president-biden-announcing-cessation-of-hostilities-between-israel-and-hezbollah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Tuesday was “designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.”
Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah has agreed to pull its forces out of southern Lebanon and north of the Litani River. Israel will slowly withdraw its own forces from southern Lebanon, while Lebanese and United Nations forces are to occupy a buffer zone, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon-ceasefire.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
The deal is similar to an agreement struck in 2006, Resolution 1701, that failed after Hezbollah entrenched itself in southern Lebanon despite the presence of U.N. Peacekeeping forces in the region.
Shapiro was less optimistic than Biden about the durability of the current ceasefire.
“If Hezbollah abides by the terms, so much the better: Israelis go home and live in security in the north,” Shapiro said in a post on X on Wednesday. “But Israel is working under the likely correct assumption that Hezbollah will not abide by the terms, and that the agreement as interpreted by the Trump administration will actually allow Israel freedom of action (a freedom of action denied by Biden under his spurious and ugly interpretation of the same agreement).”
Shapiro said that Israel, though it has been successful in its war against Hezbollah, agreed to the ceasefire because of three main reasons.
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First, “Joe Biden has been slow-walking aid to Israel. That slow-walking has gotten Israeli troops killed,” according to Shapiro. The ceasefire gives Israel time to re-arm and wait for President-elect Donald Trump, who is much more supportive of Israel, to take office.
Second, the ceasefire relieves international pressure to end the conflict in Hezbollah that Israel has been under from the U.S. and France. And third, “Even under these conditions, Israel has an interest in taking Hezbollah off the board as a chess piece with regard to Hamas. Hamas has attempted throughout the October 7 war to rope in other powers to save it,” according to Shapiro.
“It is a 60 day ceasefire. Joe Biden leaves office in 54 days. That is not a coincidence,” Shapiro said.
One of the major aims of Israel’s war against Hezbollah is the return of about 70,000 Israelis to their homes in northern Israel. They were forced to flee the region because of the threat posed by Hezbollah rockets. Even with the ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet called for those Israelis to return home.
Netanyahu’s silence suggests that Israel is not confident in the ceasefire and is likely waiting out Biden’s final days in the presidency, Shapiro said.
“The durability of the ceasefire is completely dependent on Hezbollah and Lebanon abiding by it. If they don’t, and January 20 comes, Israel will do what it must,” he added.
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Let’s be clear about why Israel signed onto this ceasefire. There are three reasons.
1. Joe Biden has been slow-walking aid to Israel. That slow-walking has gotten Israeli troops killed. The ceasefire is designed to allow Biden to leave and Israel to be re-armed by the incoming…
&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1861677757899403580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> is expected to enter a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in the coming hours that will bring the war in southern Lebanon to a halt for the time being.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address that he was recommending that the country&#8217;s war cabinet agree to the ceasefire deal.
&#8220;The length of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon,&#8221; Netayahu said. &#8220;With the United States&#8217; full understanding, we maintain full freedom of military action. If Hezbollah violates the agreement and tries to arm itself, we will attack.&#8221;
&#8220;If it tries to rebuild terrorist infrastructure near the border, we will attack,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;If it launches a rocket, if it digs a tunnel, if it brings in a truck carrying rockets, we will attack.&#8221;
Netanyahu pointed to three main reasons why Israel should agree to the ceasefire at this time.
&#8220;The first reason is to focus on the Iranian threat, and I won&#8217;t expand on that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The second reason is to give our forces a breather and replenish stocks.&#8221;
&#8220;And the third reason for having a ceasefire is to separate the fronts and isolate Hamas,&#8221; he added. &#8220;From day two of the war, Hamas was counting on Hezbollah to fight by its side. With Hezbollah out of the picture, Hamas is left on its own. We will increase our pressure on Hamas and that will help us in our sacred mission of releasing our hostages.&#8221;
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Netanyahu pointed to Israel&#8217;s successes in decimating Hezbollah through intense strikes over the last year, including killing the group&#8217;s leader and nearly all of its top commanders.
&#8220;We have destroyed most of their rockets and missiles, we have killed thousands of terrorists and we demolished their underground terror infrastructure abutting our border, infrastructure they had been building for years,&#8221; he added.
He also confirmed during his address that Israel did strike a facility inside Iran late last month that was a critical component of their nuclear weapons program.
The strikes inside Iran came in response to Iran firing approximately 180 ballistic missiles inside Israel at the start of October.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
&#8220;The length of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon. We will enforce the agreement and respond forcefully to any violation. We will continue united until victory.&#8221;
Full remarks &gt;&gt;<a href="https://t.co/43nIjRoJQv">https://t.co/43nIjRoJQv</a> <a href="https://t.co/KiwT3ZKcog">pic.twitter.com/KiwT3ZKcog</a>
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM/status/1861489234940514756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Israel Expected To Enter Ceasefire With Hezbollah; Netanyahu Hints At What’s Next

In October, journalists from leading mainstream media outlets embedded with the Israeli Defense Forces on tours in Lebanon. But when Hezbollah threatened legal action against the journalists, they all abandoned ship — and a month later, none have returned.
The IDF organized the tours on September 30, October 11, and October 13 to expose Hezbollah’s vast terror infrastructure. Reporters were given a firsthand look at tunnels and weapons caches hidden in villages, and other Hezbollah resources Israel faces as it attempts to dismantle the terrorist group.
Among the outlets represented during the 90 to 120-minute visits were the BBC, CNN, Fox News, the Associated Press, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and Reuters.
On October 12, BBC reporter Lucy Williamson <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80r9zyk89yo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published a report</a> titled, “Inside Israel’s combat zone in southern Lebanon” about what she witnessed. In response, on October 14, Hezbollah condemned the BBC, accusing it of violating Lebanon’s sovereignty and calling for legal action against the outlet and its staff in Lebanon.
“Not only did the BBC, across all its platforms and languages, display blatant bias towards the killers and criminals, justifying the Zionist barbarism against the Palestinian and Lebanese people, but it also shamelessly sent a team of journalists who entered one of the southern villages accompanied by the occupying army, violating Lebanese territory, sovereignty, and laws, as shown in the reports published by the organization,” Hezbollah wrote.
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“Hezbollah’s Media Relations Office denounces this unjustifiable and unacceptable move as it calls on the Ministry of Information, the National Media Council, and relevant judicial and security authorities to take legal action against the BBC and its teams operating in Lebanon,” the statement added.
A subsequent statement <a href="https://daraj.media/en/journalists-accompanying-israeli-occupation-forces-in-southern-lebanon-where-do-ethical-and-professional-boundaries-lie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly expanded</a> the condemnation to all outlets that participated.
An Israeli government official granted anonymity told The Daily Wire that several reporters said they could no longer participate in the tours for fear of the safety of their colleagues working in Lebanon. Not a single mainstream outlet has accepted an invitation to embed since Hezbollah issued its letter, but many are requesting access to travel to Gaza with the IDF, according to the source.
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Following the BBC report, seven BBC Arabic employees suspended their work in protest over their colleague’s participation in the tour, <a href="https://english.almanar.com.lb/2231946" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hezbollah-run outlet Al-Manar</a> reported.
The employees, Sanaa al-Khoury, Mohammad Hamdar, Marie-Josee Azzi, and Joy Slim, and three others from the BBC Extra team, reportedly refused to return to work unless the BBC issued an apology or disciplined their colleagues who were embedded with the IDF. The BBC has not issued a formal apology or stated that they disciplined the team that entered Lebanon through Israel.
The Media Secretariat of the Lebanese Popular Conference urged the Lebanese government “to halt the operations of the BBC team in Lebanon due to its cooperation with the Zionist enemy forces and its violation of Lebanese laws and national sovereignty,” <a href="https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/16/735377/bbc-fox-news-line-fire-embedding-journalists-south-lebanon-israeli-army" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Iranian regime-run outlet, PressTV.
&#8220;Reuters appreciates the concerns expressed by Lebanon’s Ministry of Information,&#8221; a Reuters spokesperson told the Daily Wire. &#8220;We are committed to covering the conflict between Israel and Lebanon in an independent, unbiased and reliable way in keeping with the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles, as we do around the world.&#8221;
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CNN, over the past week, has made it clear what kind of attacks will and will not be allowed to pass unchallenged on the network&#8217;s airwaves.
Guest panelist and radio host Tavis Smiley got a pass on Thursday when he claimed that Republican vice presidential nominee and sitting U.S. Senator JD Vance had &#8220;mommy issues&#8221; — despite the highly public nature of Vance&#8217;s childhood with a mother who struggled with opioid addiction.
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A guest on CNN just said that <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance</a> has &quot;mommy issues&quot; to the laughter of host <a href="https://twitter.com/abbydphillip?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abbydphillip</a>. 
JD Vance&#39;s mother, Beverly, struggled with drug addiction in his early life.
What a gross and disgusting thing to joke about. <a href="https://t.co/LDM7PT8GmM">pic.twitter.com/LDM7PT8GmM</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1852186742113058835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Smiley, responding to something host Abby Phillip had said about Vance &#8220;coming after the men,&#8221; said, &#8220;When you said he&#8217;s &#8216;coming after the men too,&#8217; I think JD Vance has mommy issues, and it&#8217;s been fascinating for me to watch the way this has played out on the campaign trail.&#8221;
Phillip made no move to stop Smiley but simply raised an eyebrow at his comment.
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&#8220;And because of those issues, he has subjected women across the country to all his bad ideas and all his bad policy,&#8221; Smiley said, and he appeared to suggest then that Vance should have spent some time in therapy, and that would have helped him to not inflict his &#8220;issues&#8221; on others.
&#8220;Maya Angelou once told me that processing pain without perpetuating pain is rough business,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So if you got mommy issues and you make everybody else in the country subject to that, that&#8217;s a real problem.&#8221;
&#8220;CNN guest Tavis Smiley just said that JD Vance has &#8220;mommy issues&#8221; — About a guy who wrote extensively about growing up with a mother who struggled with drug addiction and how they overcame it. Host @abbydphillip responds by laughing,&#8221; conservative communications strategist Greg Price posted in response.
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CNN guest Tavis Smiley just said that JD Vance has &quot;mommy issues&quot; &#8212; About a guy who wrote extensively about growing up with a mother who struggled with drug addiction and how they overcame it.
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&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1852187756732031043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Vile CNN guest says J.D. Vance has mommy issues. J.D.’s mother struggled and overcame drug addiction. These people are sick. This is exactly why people HATE CNN,&#8221; investigative reporter Drew Hernandez said.
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Vile CNN guest says J.D. Vance has mommy issues 
J.D.’s mother struggled and overcame drug addiction 
These people are sick
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&mdash; Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewHLive/status/1852189173156884819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Interesting to see what sorts of comments do, and do not, get you thrown off of this show,&#8221; GOP pundit Guy Benson added.
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Interesting to see what sorts of comments do, and do not, get you thrown off of this show. <a href="https://t.co/tcrFL1sxlQ">https://t.co/tcrFL1sxlQ</a>
&mdash; Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1852192016207171766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Just a week ago, during a heated discussion between conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky and terror apologist <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/29/conservative-journalist-banned-from-cnn-after-spat-with-ex-msnbc-host-who-labeled-trump-supporters-nazis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mehdi Hasan</a>, Hasan implied repeatedly that anyone who supported former President Donald Trump&#8217;s supporter was a Nazi. Girdusky referenced the recent Israeli attack using pagers to target Hezbollah terrorists and said he hoped Hasan&#8217;s pager didn&#8217;t &#8220;go off.&#8221;
Phillip immediately jumped in, telling Girdusky that he had gone too far and within hours, had offered a second apology both to Hasan and viewers via X. Girdusky has since been banned from the network. At no point did she address the fact that Hasan was accusing Girdusky — and other Trump supporters — of being a Nazi.

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The Israel Defense Forces declassified information on Monday giving up a location where the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization is allegedly storing $500 million in cash and gold.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a video that the money was being stored in a secret bunker that belonged to the group&#8217;s former leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
The IDF had no plans of hitting the bunker, which is located under the al-Sahel hospital, he said.
&#8220;The bunker was deliberately placed under a hospital, and it holds more than half a billion dollars in cash and gold,&#8221; Hagari said. &#8220;That money could have been used to rehabilitate Lebanon, but it went to rehabilitate Hezbollah.&#8221;
He said that Hezbollah&#8217;s financial network relies on getting direct payments from Iran and factories that it has built in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Turkey.
Hezbollah also relies on <a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10703">criminal activity</a> around the world, including hubs in Africa and Latin America.
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A 2022 Europol <a href="https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Tesat_Report_2022_0.pdf">report</a> stated, “The network of collaborators built by Hezbollah in the EU is suspected of managing the transportation and distribution of illegal drugs into the EU, dealing with firearms trafficking and running professional money laundering operations.”
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“Tonight, I am going to declassify intelligence on a site that we did not strike—where Hezbollah has millions of dollars in gold and cash—in Hassan Nasrallah’s bunker. Where is the bunker located? Directly under Al-Sahel Hospital in the heart of Beirut.”
Listen to IDF Spox.… <a href="https://t.co/SjMZQpKqoJ">pic.twitter.com/SjMZQpKqoJ</a>
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1848436265143677104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
Hezbollah propagandists working in the media went to the hospital and claimed that there was no money there as they showed images of hospital beds and other medical equipment.
IDF spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani released a statement on Tuesday providing instructions to the journalists on how to get to the bunker.
&#8220;One of the entrances to the bunker, containing more than half a billion dollars in gold and dollars, is on the eastern side of the basement of the Al-Ahmedi building, located south of the Al-Sahel hospital,&#8221; he posted on X. &#8220;The basement is on the second floor down (level -2).&#8221;
&#8220;It is important to note that it is possible the entrance is hidden by various means in order to make it difficult to find,&#8221; he added.
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Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/benjamin-netanyahu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> responded on Saturday night to an assassination attempt on his wife by Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists, calling the decision to go after him and his wife a serious mistake that the group would pay for.
&#8220;The attempt by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing our just war against our enemies in order to secure our future.&#8221;
&#8220;I say to Iran and its proxies in its axis of evil: Anyone who tries to harm Israel’s citizens will pay a heavy price,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We will continue to eliminate the terrorists and those who dispatch them.&#8221;
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Anyone who tries to harm Israel’s citizens will pay a heavy price.
We will continue to eliminate the terrorists and those who dispatch them.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM/status/1847686803614060670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
He said that the attack would not stop Israel from getting the hostages back from Hamas inside Gaza, nor would it stop Israeli citizens from eventually returning to their homes in the northern part of the country.
&#8220;Israel is determined to achieve all our war objectives and change the security reality in our region for generations to come,&#8221; he added.
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Hezbollah <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hezbollah-targets-netanyahus-home-in-drone-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> three drones as part of the attack on Saturday morning. Israeli helicopters managed to shoot down two of the drones, but the third evaded being destroyed.
Some reports suggested that the drone hit a building near his home, however, one photo posted online showed damage at a residence that appeared to be his home.
This marks the first time since the current Islamic war against Israel erupted just over a year ago that Netanyahu has been directly targeted, according to Israeli correspondent Barak Ravid.
The attacks come after Hezbollah vowed this week to escalate its war against Israel after Israel terminated the leader of Iranian-backed Hamas terror group, Yahya Sinwar, on the battlefield this week. Sinwar was the mastermind of Hamas’ October 7 attacked in which 1,200 people inside Israel were murdered.
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Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists targeted Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/benjamin-netanyahu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s</a> private home in Caesarea early on Saturday with a suicide drone.
&#8220;The prime minister and his wife were not at the residence at the time of the attack and there were no casualties,&#8221; his office said in a statement.
Hezbollah launched three drones as part of the attack. Israeli helicopters managed to shoot down two of the drones, but the third evaded being destroyed.
&#8220;We&#8217;re continuing our battle with Iran&#8217;s other terrorist proxies,&#8221; Netanyahu said in a rare video statement released on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, following the assassination attempt. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to win this war.&#8221;
He said that nothing would deter him from accomplishing Israel&#8217;s goals.
Some reports suggested that the drone hit a building near his home, however, one photo posted online showed damage at a residence that appeared to match his home.
This marks the first time since the current Islamic war against Israel erupted just over a year ago that Netanyahu has been directly targeted, according to Israeli correspondent Barak Ravid.
The attacks come after Hezbollah vowed this week to escalate its war against Israel after Israel terminated the leader of Iranian-backed Hamas terror group, Yahya Sinwar, on the battlefield this week. Sinwar was the mastermind of Hamas&#8217; October 7 attacked in which 1,200 people inside Israel were murdered.
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Hezbollah said in a statement that &#8220;a transition to a new and escalatory phase in the confrontation with the Israeli enemy, which will be reflected in the developments and events of the coming days.&#8221;
Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets in a separate attack on Saturday that wounded at least nine people in northern Israel.
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At least nine people are wounded in rocket impacts in northern Israel amid a Hezbollah attack on the Haifa area and Western Galilee this morning.
In a direct impact in Kiryat Atta, a 28-year-old is listed in light-to-moderate condition after being hit by shrapnel, the Magen… <a href="https://t.co/2QT8Ts7WNN">pic.twitter.com/2QT8Ts7WNN</a>
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