"We will not allow them to operate during these days, today and in the days to come. We will strike them hard until they learn their lesson."

When asked about removing the threat, Netanyahu said, "There are many concrete actions. I prefer to do more and talk less, but we are committed to eliminating this threat as we do in other arenas." He added, "The tentacles of the octopus are being severed one by one, and the octopus itself is being attacked. 

We did not go through all this great Jewish history, from our ancestors through the kings of Israel, the Maccabees, and our return to our land, just for these ayatollahs and their proxies in the region to put an end to the Jewish story. That will not happen."