(14 May 2023)
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Jerusalem - 14 May 2023
1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arriving at weekly cabinet meeting
2. Close of Netanyahu
3. Mid of Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right)
4. Various of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir during cabinet meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister:
“Today, Israel’s enemies in Gaza and much farther than Gaza, know that even if they try to hide, we are able and prepared to reach them at any time. That recognition was strengthened significantly during the 'Shield and Arrow' operation. We changed the equation."
6. Mid of Netanyahu and officials during cabinet meeting
STORYLINE:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel was prepared to reach enemies in Gaza and the surrounding region "at any time," following renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip.
A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.
Speaking at during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said that due to the success of previous operations in Gaza, Israel had "changed the equation."
The latest round of Gaza fighting was sparked Tuesday when Israeli jets killed three top commanders from the Islamic Jihad militant group in response to earlier rocket launches from Gaza.
Those killings set off a barrage of militant fire and the conflagration threatened to drag the region into another all-out war until an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire took hold late Saturday.
While the calm appeared to bring a sense of relief to Gaza's 2 million people and hundreds of thousands of Israelis who had been largely confined to bomb shelters in recent days, the agreement did nothing to address the underlying issues that have fuelled numerous rounds of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip over the years.
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