Defense Minister Galant in the IDF's Operations Command: "In the last day we are demolishing what was built in Hezbollah for twenty years. Nasrallah remained alone at the top, entire units of the Radwan force were taken out and tens of thousands of rockets were destroyed"
"I want to express great appreciation to the IDF, the Air Force, the Operations Division, the Northern Command, the Home Front Command, the Intelligence Division - everyone who takes part in this complex operation, from the people who are here to those who are in the cockpits or elsewhere, the results are extremely impressive."
"We determined a few weeks ago the transfer of the center of gravity of the IDF in the campaign from the southern sector to the northern sector, and the goal is to safely return the residents of the north to their homes."
"The last week demonstrates well what I am talking about, in one week it can be said that Nasrallah remains alone at the top in many ways. Radwan's forces suffered the fatal blow of eliminating their entire top - the commanders of the sectors, the brigades, and the staff, led by Akil. We took out whole units of equipment within the various formations as a result of the activities that took place at the beginning of the week in which a great many terrorists were injured."
"I think that this day is a highlight, on this day we actually reached a situation where tens of thousands of rockets, precision missiles and others are coming out of devices. This matter has a decisive significance on Hezbollah's capabilities and this operation is an operation that the IDF carries out with professionalism, modesty and of a very high quality and you deserve all the appreciation. What was built over 20 years, since the Second Lebanon War, in fact, is being demolished by us and this operation is an impressive operation very".
"This is the most difficult week Hezbollah has had since it was founded and the results speak for themselves. There is a blow to the chain of command and control, to the terrorists themselves at different levels, to the significant shooting arrays and a very, very hard morale blow that he will not be able to ignore.
"Despite everything I said, the enemy has intentions to shoot at us in various places throughout the country and the meaning of this thing is that you need to warn and the citizens of Israel in all places must obey the orders of the Home Command. This is a very important and very central thing."