Israel National News reports: “The graduation ceremony for the 71st Combat Officers’ Course was held on Sunday and attended by IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Israel Katz…

Netanyahu held up a photo of the Bibas family, who were murdered in captivity in Gaza, and stated: ‘Already during the first days of the war, Hamas murdered Shiri and her children in cold blood. They strangled the gentle children with their hands and if they only could, they would have murdered all of us with the same brutality.’

Netanyahu continued: ‘Against this we fight, and we must and can defeat those monsters – we will defeat them. That is our mission and that is your mission. As the leaders of the homeland, you all have the mission of the bearers of the swords and shields. We have great expectations of you, but I know that above all, you have expectations of yourselves. We are proud of you, we trust you, and we salute you.’

He made clear in his address: ‘Hamas won’t control Gaza, Gaza will be demilitarized, and the military force will be dismantled.’ He added: ‘We demand the demilitarization of southern Syria from the forces of the new regime. We will not tolerate a threat on the Druze community in southern Syria.’…”