In Remembrance of October 7th
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
"Ladies and Gentlemen, like December 7th, 1941, and September 11th, 2001, October 7th is a day that will forever live in infamy.
It was the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. It began as a perfect day. Not a cloud in the sky. Thousands of young Israelis were celebrating at an outdoor music festival. And suddenly, at 6:29 A.M., as children were still sleeping soundly in their beds in the towns and kibbutzim next to Gaza, suddenly, Heaven turned into Hell.
Three thousand Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel.
They butchered 1,200 people from 41 countries, including 39 Americans.
These monsters. They raped women, they beheaded men, they burnt babies alive. They killed parents in front of their children and children in front of their parents. They dragged 255 people, both living and dead, into the dark dungeons of Gaza.
And I pledge to you – and to all the bereaved families of Israel // no matter how long it takes, no matter how difficult the road ahead: Israel will not relent. Israel will not bend. We will defend our land. We will defend our people. We will fight until we achieve victory: Victory of liberty over tyranny, victory of life over death, victory of good over evil
The sacrifice of your loved ones will not be in vain... Because for Israel, “never again” must never be an empty promise. It must always remain a sacred vow. And after October 7th, “never again” is now."