Dan Gillerman: “We believe we have the capability of making Hezbollah incapable of continuing its terrorist activities.”

I think that Hassan Nasrallah has grossly miscalculated. I don't think he anticipated this. I think he's made a huge mistake. He's gone a bridge too far and he's paying the price.

We will continue to seek them wherever they are. We will continue to try and make Israel safer and Lebanon freer.

You cannot leave this to fester in the cesspool of terrorism, neither for the sake of Lebanon nor for the sake of Israel or for the sake of civilization as we know it.

This war is not just about the safety of Israel or the freedom of Lebanon, it is about preserving civilization as we know it.