As long as Hezbollah is armed, present here, and threatens us, we will remain here.

Our instruction to the fighters: If you identify a threat, act immediately to remove it.

Hezbollah used to have 150,000 missiles and rockets. Today, they only have roughly 8% of that.

During our operations in Lebanon, we eliminated 9,000 terrorists, hundreds of them in recent weeks.

We entered Iran twice to save ourselves from destruction.

There will be a third time if necessary.

"Voluntary emigration" from Gaza remains on the table.

Erdogan speaks about wanting to destroy Israel and take control of Jerusalem again.

I think he forgot that 400 years of Ottoman rule are over. Today there is a strong State of Israel.

He should calm down. We will not allow anyone to threaten our existence or our security, and I think we have shown what we are capable of.

Trump asked me, "How do you keep going? How do you endure this?"

I told him: "We have a people unlike any other. It's impossible to defeat us."

Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. No Palestinian state will be established here.

We will pursue an active security policy—we won't sit back and wait behind fences.

Everyone who participated in October 7 will be killed.

We didn't leave Lebanon. We have effectively established this security belt—about 10 kilometers inside Lebanon—with the agreement of the Lebanese government.

And of course Hezbollah is outraged. The same is true of Iran.

I will do everything to win.

As for rebuilding settlements in Gaza, you have to be ready to act first and talk afterward.

Sometimes it's better to separate the two. That's why I'm not going to add anything further on that subject.

You have to understand that the art of statecraft isn't limited to domestic politics.

I don't have to declare everything to the whole world at every moment.

I have held talks with the Egyptians and told them what I expect them to do.

Part of it is already being carried out—things that are simply required under the agreement between us. I think we need to protect our borders.

But when one source of power declines, another rises. That's always how it is.

And you know which power must continue rising faster than the others? The State of Israel.

I want to stop American aid. It's like welfare; I don't want it.

Our economy is no longer a small economy... we can finance ourselves this fraction of a percent of our GDP that we receive from the United States.

I want this process to start this year.