PM Netanyahu on Operation Northern Shield 4 December 2018
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PM Netanyahu on Operation Northern Shield

  • 12/4/2018
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    PM Netanyahu: Whoever tries to attack the State of Israel – will pay a heavy price. We are taking determined and responsible action in all sectors simultaneously. We will continue with additional actions in order to ensure the security of Israel.
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     (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
     
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
     
    "This morning the IDF began Operation Northern Shield, the goal of which is to uncover and neutralize terrorist tunnels from Lebanon.
     
    We are proud of the fighters and commanders of the IDF for the complex actions and operational successes already in the early stages of the operation.
     
    Whoever tries to attack the State of Israel – will pay a heavy price.
     
    We are taking determined and responsible action in all sectors simultaneously. We will continue with additional actions – open and covert – in order to ensure the security of Israel."
     
    Prime Minister Netanyahu returned early his morning (Tuesday, 4 December 2018), from a diplomatic-security meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels.
     
    The Prime Minister updated the US Secy. of State on Operation Northern Shield and said that the intrusive tunnels built by Hezbollah are a gross violation of Israeli sovereignty and of UN Security Resolution #1701.  
     
    Prime Minister Netanyahu also said that Iranian aggression had to be thwarted in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere.