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🇮🇱 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, from the northern border with Lebanon:

"We have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time... I personally have been waiting for it.

We have had longstanding scores to settle with Hezbollah for many years with numerous leaders and activists, and we were waiting for the opportunity, including myself personally.

Hezbollah is trying to drain us, and we are continuing to crush them."