Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a statement to the media this evening (Saturday), saying that "we are changing the balance of power in the north." Regarding the reaction against Iran after the dramatic attack, Netanyahu said: "No country would allow missile attacks on it - and neither would we."

"A month ago, I promised that we would change the balance of power in the north. In the 11 months prior to that, we focused on one front and returned all of our abductees. During those months, the settlements in the north of the country, which we evacuated to prevent a similar massacre, suffered incessant attacks. Although we responded with force - it was not enough to bring them home, but we have committed to bring them home to a safe life," said the Prime Minister.

"About a month ago, towards the end of the destruction of the Hamas battalions in Gaza, we began to fulfill the promise. We eliminated Nasrallah and the top Hezbollah, the commanders of the Radwan force who planned to invade the Galilee - and carry out a greater massacre than on October 7. Although we did not remove the threat, we changed the course of the war. Nasrallah mocked us, called us 'cobwebs'. He and the whole world, discovered the iron sinews of the State of Israel - a strong country with a strong, courageous and moral army. A country determined to defend itself against any threat."

Netanyahu added: "This also includes the threat from Iran, which is behind all the attacks on us - from Gaza, from Lebanon, from Yemen, from Iraq and Syria - and, of course, from Iran itself. Twice Tehran has already launched hundreds of missiles into our territory and into our cities, in one of the largest ballistic missile attacks in history. No country in the world It would not accept such an attack on its cities and citizens, nor would the State of Israel. Israel has the duty and the right to defend itself and respond to these attacks - and so we will."