Israel’s Netanyahu remains confident of victory on anniversary of October 7 attack
Israel holds memorials as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to press on with military objectives
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his country’s determination to fight in a video message during the official commemoration of the October 7 massacre’s anniversary on Monday.
“Together we will continue to fight, and together – with God’s grace – we will triumph,” he said in a video message. The ceremony took place in Ofakim, near the Gaza Strip, where 40 people were murdered a year ago.
He stated that October 7, when the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement and other extremists killed around 1,200 people in Israel and abducted about 250 others to the Gaza Strip, was “a day of indescribable suffering for the country”.
Netanyahu asserted that Israelis had united for the defence of the country.
“We have set the war objectives and we are achieving them,” he said. He said these objectives were to dismantle Hamas’ rule, bring all hostages home, make any future threat from the Gaza Strip impossible, and ensure the safe return of residents from the south and north to their homes.
