Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday toured the Gaza Strip, where he was briefed on the security situation, spoke with commanders, and visited one of the terror tunnels that were uncovered.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by his Chief of Staff, Tzachi Braverman, National Security Council Cheif Tzachi Hanegbi, the Prime Minister's military secretary, Maj. Gen. Avi Gil, and Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Amir Baram.
"We are here in the Gaza Strip with our heroic soldiers. We are making every effort to return the hostages, and in the end, we will return them all. We have three objectives in this war: to eliminate Hamas, to bring back all of the hostages, and to ensure that Gaza will not return to be a threat to the State of Israel," Netanyahu stated.
"I am here to tell the friends here, the soldiers here, who told me the same things, and I will repeat them to you, citizens of Israel: We are continuing to the end - until victory. Nothing will stop us, and we are convinced that we have the strength, the power, the will, and the determination to reach all of the war objectives, and that's what we'll do," he added.
"I sat with the Deputy Chief of Staff and the commanders, on the wall, it was written 'Am Yisrael Chai' (the People of Israel live). So the People of Israel live, and the People of Israel are victorious thanks to you," the Prime Minister concluded.