Military Operations in Gaza

I'm here in the Gaza Strip with the Chief of Staff, with the general in charge of

the Command, and with our brave commanders and soldiers.

Uh, we control the ground here. You can see Ashkelon over there.

You can see all our communities from every direction, including

Sderot, Netivot and the kibbutzim.

We control the ground, we are not withdrawing, we remain on this

line, controlling 60 percent of the Strip, and there is more to come,

because we are eliminating the terrorists who threaten us, making it a daily occurrence.

Yesterday, we captured the

head of Hamas's Shin Bet. Uh, we will surely learn

some things, but we are doing everything to

achieve our goal, which is to disarm Hamas.

Demilitarize Gaza. Gaza will no longer pose a threat to

Israel, and this goal has, in fact, to a large extent

already been achieved, and there is still work to be done.

We will complete it.