Gallant: 'We are prepared and ready for a long and complex campaign'

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued a statement on the deaths of nine soldiers killed in fighting in northern Gaza, Report informs, citing The Times of Israel.

“We are prepared and ready for a long and complex campaign that requires courage, determination, and perseverance—we will win,” he said.

He stressed that the fall of IDF fighters in the battles against Hamas in Gaza is a hard and painful blow: “The significant achievements of the heavy fighting in the depths of the Gaza Strip, unfortunately, exact a heavy price,” the defense minister said.