Netanyahu: We are ready for both defense and offense

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the Israeli military is prepared to undertake both defensive and offensive operations.

“We are prepared both defensively and offensively. We are striking our enemies and are determined to defend ourselves,” he said at a meeting with army recruits.

“We are continuing forward to victory. I know that the citizens of Israel are concerned, and I ask one thing of you: be patient and level-headed,” the prime minister added.

Recent days have witnessed a rise in tensions in the Middle East, triggered by the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the political bureau of the Palestinian movement Hamas, in Tehran.