Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Hezbollah's assassination attempt on his wife was a “grave mistake.”
“It was a grave mistake that Iran's proxy Hezbollah attempted to assassinate me and my wife today,” Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote. At the X post Saturday. “Neither I nor the State of Israel will be prevented from continuing a just war against our enemies to protect our future.”
The prime minister issued a stern warning to Iran and the “axis of resistance” including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, saying Israel had achieved its war goals following the Oct. 7 attack and that “the security realities of our region I am determined to change that.” For generations. ”
“I say to Iran and its agents of the axis of evil: Anyone who seeks to harm the Israeli people will pay a heavy price. We will continue to eliminate terrorists and those who send terrorists. We will bring the hostages back from Gaza, and we will safely return our citizens living on our northern border to their homes,” he wrote.
“Israel is determined to achieve all war goals and change the security reality in the region for generations to come,” Netanyahu said.
We will fight together and with God's help, we will win together.
Unmanned aircraft fires at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence in Caesarea
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with soldiers at the Israel-Lebanon border. (Haim Tzak/Israel Prime Minister's Office)
Netanyahu vowed to hold Hezbollah accountable after a drone was launched at his private residence. coastal city of Caesarea on Saturday morning.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife were not at home at the time of the incident, his spokesman told Fox News.
No injuries were reported as a result of the incident. israel channel 12 Prime Minister Netanyahu was reported to have not been at his residence for several days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement to the media inside Kirya, where the Israeli Ministry of Defense is located. (Jacqueline Martin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
The Israeli military said three drones were launched from Lebanon toward the prime minister's office on Saturday, but two were intercepted.
IDF video: Israeli tank fires in building where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar barricaded himself before being killed
There were also reports that there was minor damage to homes, but FOX News Digital was unable to confirm those reports.
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After the assassination attempt, Prime Minister Netanyahu released a video message confidently declaring, “We will win this war.”
“Two days ago, we eliminated terrorist mastermind Sinwar. His miscreants beheaded his men, raped women and burned babies alive,” he said. “We have removed him and continue the fight against Iran's other terrorist proxies.”
“We're going to win this war,” he said.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Saturday. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File)
According to Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III met with Israeli Defense Minister Job Gallant.
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Ryder said: Austin reviews adjustments to U.S. force posture, including recent deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System to strengthen Israel's defenses in the face of threats from Iran, Lebanon's Hezbollah, and Iranian proxies did.
He also told Minister Gallant that he was relieved that Prime Minister Netanyahu was safe after the attack.
House Speaker Mike Johnson accused CBS News of removing important context from answers he gave during an appearance on “Face the Nation” on Sunday. (Getty Images)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson I wrote to X He said he had spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that the prime minister remained “unharmed.”
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“I spoke to my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu today and I am pleased to report that he is safe, well, and undeterred,” Johnson said. “I told him that the United States stands strong against Israel and reiterated our continued efforts to counter Iran and its terrorist proxies, which is extremely important.”
Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion and Younat Friling contributed to this report.
