Overview
- At a National Police Academy candle-lighting, Netanyahu told officers that Israel is the safest place for Jews because its government, army, and security forces defend them.
- He pledged to bring Master-Sgt. Ran Gvili back and cited the return of 254 of 255 abductees taken on October 7.
- He warned that additional attacks should be expected and urged continued vigilance by police and security forces.
- He said he wrote to Australia’s prime minister months earlier warning that Canberra’s policy encourages terrorism, which he linked to the deadly Hanukkah attack in Sydney.
- At a separate Western Wall candle-lighting with IDF troops and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, he praised soldiers as modern Maccabees as Sara Netanyahu voiced hopes for the return of Ran Gvili.