Netanyahu and IDF Chief Vow “Decisive Victory” as Gaza City Campaign Nears
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# Netanyahu and IDF Chief Vow “Decisive Victory” as Gaza City Campaign Nears
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by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Worthy News Jerusalem Bureau Staff
(Worthy News) – Israel’s leadership on Tuesday signaled the war against Hamas is entering its most critical stage, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir pledging to press on until the terror group is destroyed.
At the Nachshonim base in central Israel, Zamir addressed newly mobilized reservists alongside senior commanders, emphasizing that ground operations were already underway and would intensify in the coming days. “Our enemies, on October 7th and since then, across the Middle East, united in their attempt to harm us and to destroy us. We are operating against all of them, constantly, with determination, without pause,” he said. “Hamas will have no place to hide from us. Wherever we locate them, whether senior or junior figures–we strike them all, all the time.”
The IDF chief confirmed that forces were entering areas of Gaza “never before penetrated,” stressing that the army was acting with “courage, strength, valor, and an extraordinary spirit.” He told the reservists: “Nowhere does the IDF offer anything less than decisive victory. We will not stop the war until we defeat this enemy.”
In a video address later that evening, Netanyahu declared that “what began in Gaza–must end in Gaza.” He pointed to Israel’s successes not only against Hamas but also against Iran’s regional proxies, saying, “We broke the Iranian axis–in Gaza, in Lebanon with Hezbollah, with the Assad regime that collapsed, with Iran itself that threatened us with existential threats which we removed together, and now also aga