Benjamin Netanyahu

This is the most fitting name ever named for a military operation because a little after midnight, you really hammered them.

My friends, this is only a partial list, but it's enough to affirm what I've said time and again.

Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House.

At his cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was flanked by two key members of Trump's team, Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

President Trump says he's likely to travel on Sunday to Egypt and he's been invited to speak to the Israeli parliament.

He says the hostages will likely be released early next week.

The ceasefire and hostage deal is just the first phase of his plan for Gaza.

Other points still need to be negotiated.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

we are on the verge of a very big achievement.

It's not final yet, but I hope that in the coming days, during the Sukkot holiday, I will be able to announce to you the return of all the hostages in one phase, while the IDF remains deep inside the Strip and the territories that control it.

Thanks to the great support I received from you, citizens of Israel, and thanks to the bravery of our fighters, I stood up to enormous pressure from home and abroad to stop the war and to give in to Hamas's dictates.

You know what would have happened then.

We would have left Gaza having achieved almost nothing.

Well, after these countries stood up and recognized Palestinian statehood, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his response.

Ladies and gentlemen.

He took the dais and railed against these moves towards recognition.

Netanyahu's argument, in short, is that recognizing Palestinian statehood is a reward for Hamas.

Murdering Jews pays off.

that what the West is basically saying to Hamas is, you can inflict terror on Israeli citizens, and in our desire for peace, we're going to be willing to give you this very symbolic concession.