Netanyahu shows a photo of the Bibas family at the graduation of the Israeli fighter officer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed pictures Shiri Bibas And her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, during a address at the graduation ceremony of combat officers on Sunday, delivering a solemn message.
“I want to show you something. I want to show you this picture Shiri Bibas and her gentle children, Ariel and Kfir you are. This picture says it all; please engrave it on the board of your hearts, so you will always remember what we are fighting for And against which we fight, “said Netanyahu graduates, translated with the Hebrew speech Fox News. “We are struggling to ensure our existence against the monsters that upright us.”
“Already in the first days of the war, they killed Shiri and her children in cold blood; they strained their gentle children with their own hands,” Netanyahu said, holding a photo of the Bibas family. “And if they could, they would have killed us all with the same cruelty, all the way to our last man. We fight against this, and we must and we can win that monsters – and we won them. This is our mission, and this is your mission!”
“As defenders of our homeland, each of you is imbued with a purpose, managing the sword and shield,” he added. “We have high expectations of you, but I know you have the expectations of yourself above all.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a photo of the Bibas family at the graduation ceremony of combat officers. (Benjamin Netanyahu)
On Thursday, Hamas handed over the bodies of two young brothers, but initially returned the wrong remains for Shiri in what Netanyahu declared “a brave violation of their agreement.” The actual remains of the Israeli mother handed over on Saturday and identified the Israeli forensic authorities to be shiri after suppression Terrorist group. Also returned by Odeed Lifshitz’s body, colleague Kibbutz Nir Oz, abducting Hamas on October 7, 2023, and whom Israel says he was killed in captivity. Israeli defense forces said that the boy’s bodies had proven that “terrorists were killed in cold blood”, despite Hamas previously claimed that the brothers had been killed in air attacks.
In his speech on Sunday, Netanyahu said that President Donald Trump “sees his gaze with us on everything related to Gaza.”
“We support the revolutionary plan of President Trump to enable a free exit for Gazana and create a different gauze,” Netanyahu said graduated with fighter officers.
“I thank President Trump for his directive to supply Israel with a vital weapon,” Netanyahu said. “The new defense and offensive weapons will greatly help us to achieve an absolute victory. At the same time, we have approved huge budgets for domestic weapons development – systems that will improve our ability to oppose our enemies ourselves.”
This undated photo provided by the family forum of hostage shows Shiri Bibas, who was abducted and brought to Gaza on October 7, 2023. .
The Prime Minister also set the goals of his government. Netanyahua said the Israeli forces “eliminated the majority of Hamas’s organized power “ In Gaza.
“But there is no doubt: we will complete the goals, including this one, until the very end,” he said. “This can be achieved by negotiations, and it can be achieved by other means. From the beginning of the war, the conditions we set for his conclusion were clear – and they remain clear. All our abductions, without exception, will return Home Hamas will not manage Gaza .
Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, He said that he was planning to return to the region on Wednesday to negotiate the “extension” of the first phase of the ceasefire and the release agreement on hostages between Israel and Hamas.
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The second phase, Witkoff noted, includes ensuring that Hamas will never return to the state leadership in Gaza, for which he predicts that it will not be certainly a life -long environment for another 15 to 20 years and will require a long -term renewal plan.
Fox News’ Yael Rotim-Kuriel contributed to this report.
