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Netanyahu Says Israel ‘Will Continue to Fight’ Its Enemies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a discussion at the Israeli Parliament Knesset in Jerusalem July 17, 2024. (Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a discussion at the Israeli Parliament Knesset in Jerusalem July 17, 2024. (Reuters)
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Netanyahu Says Israel ‘Will Continue to Fight’ Its Enemies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a discussion at the Israeli Parliament Knesset in Jerusalem July 17, 2024. (Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a discussion at the Israeli Parliament Knesset in Jerusalem July 17, 2024. (Reuters)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel “will continue to fight” against its enemies.

Netanyahu delivered a recorded message late Monday to a government memorial service marking the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks.

Israel responded to the attacks with a military offensive that has devastated Gaza and inflicted heavy losses on the Hamas militant group. US-led ceasefire efforts have repeatedly faltered, and Israel has now turned its focus to a ground offensive in Lebanon against the Iran-backed Hezbollah party.

“As long as the enemy threatens our existence and the peace of our country, we will continue to fight,” Netanyahu said. “As long as our hostages are in Gaza, we will continue to fight. We will not give up on any of them. I won’t give up.”

The government ceremony was prerecorded, and Netanyahu did not attend.

Families of people killed in the Oct. 7 attack, hostages and soldiers who died fighting Hamas held a separate ceremony earlier Monday, skipping the official ceremony in a show of anger against the government.

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Türkiye Says It Believes Kurdish Fighters Will Be Forced Out of All Syrian Territory

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler takes part in a NATO Defense Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 12, 2023. (Reuters)
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler takes part in a NATO Defense Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 12, 2023. (Reuters)
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Türkiye Says It Believes Kurdish Fighters Will Be Forced Out of All Syrian Territory

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler takes part in a NATO Defense Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 12, 2023. (Reuters)
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler takes part in a NATO Defense Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 12, 2023. (Reuters)

Türkiye believes Syria's new rulers, including the Syrian National Army (SNA) armed group which Ankara backs, will drive Kurdish YPG fighters from all territory they occupy in northeastern Syria, Defense Minister Yasar Guler said on Sunday.

Türkiye regards the Syrian YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants who have fought an insurgency against the Turkish state for 40 years and are deemed terrorists by Ankara, Washington, and the European Union.

The YPG spearheads an alliance, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is backed by the United States and controls territory in northeastern Syria. Since the fall of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago, Türkiye and Syrian groups it backs have fought against the SDF, seizing the city of Manbij.

"We believe that the new leadership in Syria and the Syrian National Army, which is an important part of its army, along with the Syrian people, will free all territories occupied by terrorist organizations," Guler said during a visit to Turkish troops on the Syrian border with military commanders.

"We will also take every necessary measure with the same determination until all terrorist elements beyond our borders are cleared," he said in a video released by his ministry.

Ankara has demanded the Syrian Kurdish fighters disband, and has called on Washington to withdraw its support. The US military acknowledged last week it has 2,000 troops on the ground in Syria, twice as many as it had said previously.

On Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Türkiye would do "whatever it takes" to ensure its security if Syria's new administration was unable to address its concerns.