Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a Passover-related statement amid the ongoing war against Iran, which the nation is waging in conjunction with the U.S.
“My brothers and sisters, citizens of Israel, on the eve of this Festival of Freedom, Israel is stronger than ever. The entire world hears our lion’s roar in our struggle against the evil regime in Iran, a struggle in which we have achieved immense, enormous accomplishments,” Netanyahu noted in part of the lengthy statement.
But he also mentioned “painful costs,” noting, “yesterday, we lost four of our best sons.”
“In the spirit of the upcoming Passover holiday, since the beginning of the ‘War of Redemption,’ we have dealt ten plagues upon the Axis of Evil: The blow to Hamas in Gaza, the blow to Hezbollah in Lebanon, the blow to Assad in Syria, the blow to terrorist organizations in Judea and Samaria, the blow to the Houthis in Yemen, and five more blows to Iran: The blow to their nuclear program, the blow to their missiles, the blow to the regime’s infrastructure, the blow to the forces of oppression, and the ‘Plague of the Firstborn’, or in our case, the blow to the senior leadership,” he asserted.