Netanyahu says Israel “changes security reality” to prevent attacks like those on October 7

He emphasizes that the Israeli Army has faced “since that black day” an “attack from seven fronts”

The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated this Monday that the Israeli authorities “are changing the security reality” in the Middle East “to prevent what happened on October 7 from happening again,” in reference to the attacks carried out. a year ago today by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions against Israeli territory, which left some 1,200 dead and nearly 250 kidnapped.

“We are changing the security reality in our region, on behalf of our children and our future, to ensure that what happened on October 7 never happens again,” he said after a meeting of his cabinet, message in which he stressed that the country “has been under attack from seven fronts since that black day,” according to a statement published by his office,

Thus, he reiterated that Israel “is in a war for its existence, the war of resurrection.” “That’s what I would like to officially call this war,” he said. “Our counterattack against our enemies in the Iranian axis of evil was a necessary condition to guarantee our future and our security,” he noted.

“We will end the war when we complete all the set objectives: ending the evil government of Hamas, returning all hostages home, both dead and alive, preventing any new threat from Gaza to Israel, and ensuring that residents in the south and in the north return safely to their homes,” he reiterated.

Netanyahu has taken advantage of his message to once again condemn the “murderous surprise attack” carried out by “Hamas terrorists” on October 7, 2023 and recalled that “shortly after the massacre” he stated that the country “is at war.” “Not in an operation, not in a round of combat. In war,” he explained.

“On this day we pay tribute to the memory of our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters, parents and grandparents, who were massacred by Hamas terrorists. Boys and girls who were murdered in cold blood, women and men murdered, entire families destroyed “, he highlighted, while expressing his support to the relatives of those kidnapped, who “are going through an endless agony of pain and worry about the fate of their loved ones.”

In this sense, Netanyahu has also remembered “the heroes who fell in battle in Gaza, Lebanon and other areas” and has argued that “thanks to them the enemy was repelled, most of its capabilities were destroyed and many were freed.” of the hostages”. “We are determined to finish the job,” he stressed.

“They are the ones who stand as a protective wall between the evil of our enemies and the good of our people and our country,” praised Netanyahu, who pointed out that “the massacre of October 7 was the most horrible attack against the people since the Holocaust.” “Unlike in the Holocaust, we rose up against our enemies and fought a fierce war. With God’s help, we will fight together and together we will win. Israel’s eternity will not end,” he concluded.