Defense Minister Israel Katz says over 200 Hezbollah operatives were killed in yesterday's major wave of strikes across Lebanon, and that the terror group is "pleading for a ceasefire."
"Operation Eternal Darkness was a very powerful blow to Hezbollah, leaving it stunned and confused by the depth of the penetration and the scale of the strike," says Katz in a video statement.
"More than 200 terrorists were eliminated yesterday, bringing the number of those eliminated in this campaign to over 1,400. more than double the number in the Second Lebanon War," he says.
Katz says Hezbollah is "pleading for a ceasefire, and its Iranian patrons are also applying pressure and issuing threats, out of serious concern that Israel will crush Hezbollah."
"The IDF is prepared and ready to act with force if Iran fires at Israel," he says.