Defense Minister

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel will remain in its security zone in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed and the threat to northern communities is eliminated.

The Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Division says the number of wounded soldiers and security personnel seeking treatment has surged. Of them, 65% are coping with psychological distress or post-trauma. The ministry is warning that the system could collapse under the strain.

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel Katz says Iran’s nuclear program and its ability to produce a nuclear weapon have been destroyed, and that the U.S. and Israel require the removal of enriched material from Iran as a precondition to ending the campaign; he adds that Tehran’s proxies have been dealt heavy blows but vows to finish the job.