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Israel ‘Completely Transformed Reality’: Netanyahu Tells Troops On First Anniversary Of Gaza War

<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the country’s military has “completely transformed reality” in the year since Hamas’s October 7 attack, which left the country fighting two wars.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Israel “will win”, Netanyahu said as he visited a military base on the northern border close to a week after the IDF began its ground campaign in Southern Lebanon, reported Jerusalem Post.&nbsp;</p>
<p>”I am here with IDF soldiers at the northern border,&rdquo; Netanyahu said on Sunday as he spoke with soldiers from the 36th Division.</p>
<p>&ldquo;A few meters from here are their friends across the border, dismantling the terrorist infrastructure that Hezbollah prepared to attack our [border] communities,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;A year ago, we suffered a terrible blow,” said the Israeli PM referring to the October 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel last year.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;In the past 12 months, we are changing the reality from end to end,&rdquo; he said, adding, “The whole world laughs at the blows you inflict on our enemies.&rdquo; Together we will fight, and together we will win – with God’s help,&rdquo; he added.</p>
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<p>Israeli army chief Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said one year on, they “have defeated the military wing of Hamas.”&nbsp;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, on Sunday the Palestinian militant group, Hamas called the October 7 attack “glorious” adding that the Palestinians were “writing a new history with their resistance”.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Despite consistent international calls to de-escalate tensions and Israel fighting wars in two countries, Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant declared that all options were open for retaliation against arch-enemy Iran.&nbsp;</p>
<p>On Sunday, Gallant said Israel would decide independently how to respond to Iran even though it was closely coordinating with longtime ally the U.S.</p>
<p>”Everything is on the table,” told CNN. “Israel has capabilities to hit targets near and far &mdash; we have proved it.”</p>
<p>While US President Joe Biden said his administration would not support strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, he said last week that Israeli attacks on Iran’s oil facilities were being discussed.&nbsp;</p>