Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe11:19 PM • June 21 2026 IDTPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Jewish News Syndicate conference that IDF operations in Iran "changed Israel's security doctrine: We initiate, we attack, so we surprise and we attack those enemies that seek our destruction, that seek to kill us. We attack them before they have a chance to do so. Kill them first."In the NewsFive Israeli Soldiers Killed in Southern Lebanon Laid to RestRenowned Lebanese Sea Turtle Conservationist Killed by IDF Attack Near TyreHealth Ministry Eases Ban on West Bank-educated Staff After Hundreds FiredSlovenia's Last Jewish Institution Endures Through Desecration and DecayJewish Activist Deported for Her Book. 100 Years Later, Still No NYC ApologyRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change ThatReport: Netanyahu 'Likely' to Sabotage Iran Deal, U.S. Officials Tell Trump
'Kill them first' • 'Kill them first': Netanyahu says Iran war 'changed Israel's security doctrine'
Netanyahu told the JNS conference that he thinks Israel 'created the conditions' for the Islamic regime's 'future fall.' He also told attendees that Israel 'brought back every last hostage.' A total of 168 hostages were released alive, and 87 were returned dead







