President Herzog to Israel’s enemies: ‘we suggest you not mess with us’

President of the State, Yitzhak Herzog, visited today, Monday, Rafael Advanced Defence Systems’ offices in northern Israel, where the President issued a warning to Israel’s enemies.

First, the President received a comprehensive overview of the company’s diverse systems and activities during the war, in particular as part of June’s Operation “Rising Lion” against Iran.

After receiving an overview of the system, the President of the State called Yael Oster, the mother of the late Captain Eitan Oster, who was killed while fighting in Lebanon last year and whose birthday was today, while standing next to a model of the system. In his conversation with her, he noted that it was a great honour that such a significant system is named after a hero of Israel.

“The Or Eitan system (part of the vaunted Iron Beam Laser Defence system) is a system that is changing the face of defence and attack throughout the world,” said Herzog. “The entire combat doctrine will change through laser technology, with all that this implies.”

“This is a very big day for the State of Israel, and it is another huge contribution to global security, and to the entire region being able to cooperate together against a great common enemy, who is constantly trying to destabilise the region and try to destroy us. In the end, he will fall,” he added referring to the system’s delivery to the Israeli military.

“This is also a message to our enemies,” declared Herzog. “We suggest that you simply not mess with us, and understand that Israel is an existing fact, and instead of engaging in a discourse of war – engage in a discourse of peace.”

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