Hebrew → English transcript

So after a night of nonstop fire toward the north and Hezbollah’s announcement of a

military operation, what should be Israel’s next step in Lebanon?

In Lebanon we need…

What is happening there is really a failure. What does it mean to act fast and hard?

מה זה לפעול מהר וחזק?

To seize territory, expel everyone who is there, destroy everything

להרוס את כל מה שיש שם,

that is there, and declare it, turn it into a death zone.

Meaning, no one moves around there. Not villagers, not shepherds,

לא כפריים ולא רועים ולא יוניפי"ל,

and not UNIFIL, and not IDF soldiers either. And turn it into a death zone.

ולעשות מזה שטח מוות.

At the same time, keep bombing Hezbollah wherever possible, everywhere in Lebanon,

בכל מקום בלבנון,

and present an ultimatum to the Lebanese government:

either you outlaw them,

act accordingly, in short, you eliminate the malignant

בקיצור, אתם מחסלים את הגידול הממאיר,

growth, if not, we will destroy all the infrastructure in Lebanon.

That is something we can do,

and I am talking about electricity, water, transportation. That is what needs

to be done, and set a deadline in days, and do it. Otherwise we

ולעשות את זה. אחרת אנחנו מאבדים את הצפון.