EXCERPT:
NETANYAHU (via translator): “Citizens of Israel, yesterday evening, additional forces entered into Gaza, into the evil forces. This is the second stage of the war, which our cause is very clear, to destroy the military and government ability of Hamas and return our victims home. We decided to operate on the ground of Gaza in the cabinet of the war, in the general cabinet. We’re ready to make sure the faith of the country, our soldiers know that the government and the people are standing behind them. I met our soldiers in the bases, in the south and the north. We have a wonderful army, wonderful soldiers, heroes, Jews and non-Jews, secular and non-secular, left and right, they’re all united.”