The Israeli prime minister says no reconstruction of Gaza will start until Hamas is fully disarmed.
– Speaking on Lebanon, the Israeli leader said, “We are working according to our own considerations,” despite the interim deal between Iran and the US stating Israel must stop attacks on Lebanon and end its occupation.
– On Saturday, Netanyahu marked the 250th anniversary of US Independence Day with a video praising the United States as “the greatest force for liberty the modern world has known”.
– “Freedom is never cheap. It must be continually purchased. It must be continually defended. … When America and Israel stand together, freedom stands stronger,” he said in the message.
– “The tyrants we face chant, ‘Death to America, death to Israel’. They think freedom is weak. They think democracies are weak. They’re wrong about our two democracies.”
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