Israel Wants Peace, But Will Fight Back As Needed. "Netanyahu Also Calls On The International Community To Enhance Its Measures Against Iran & Its Proxies"

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“Israel’s attack in Yemen today 'makes it clear to our enemies that there is no place that the long arm of Israel will not reach,' says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video statement released on Saturday evening, shortly after the end of Shabbat. He praises the IDF and the IAF for 'a determined, precise and successful operation. It struck targets 1,700 kilometers from our borders,' he notes.

'I have a message for Israel’s enemies – don’t be mistaken about us,' Netanyahu says, a day before he is scheduled to fly to Washington DC. 'We will protect ourselves in every way, on every front. Anyone who harms us will pay a very heavy price for his aggression.'

Netanyahu also calls on the international community to enhance its measures against Iran and its proxies: 'Anyone who wishes to see a stable and safe Middle East needs to stand against Iran’s axis of evil, and support Israel’s fight against Iran and its proxies – in Yemen, in Gaza, in Lebanon, everywhere.'

Netanyahu underscores that the strike on the al-Hudaydah port, which was used by the Houthis as an entry point for its weapons supplies, was a 'direct response' to Friday’s deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv launched by the Houthis in Yemen in which an Israeli citizen was killed, and to the Houthis’ 'aggression against Israel since the start of the war.'”