NETANYAHU: THREAT OF ATTACK AHEAD OF ELECTIONS EXISTS

TEL AVIV, OCTOBER 13 /SRNA – RIA Novosti/ – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is a threat of an attack against Israel ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for 27 October, adding that the military is ready for every scenario.

“I want to tell you that it is true that there is an alert. Our enemies are considering testing us in the coming days, before the elections. I warn them that we are ready for every scenario,” Netanyahu said near the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank. The Israeli Defence Forces command presented him and Defence Minister Israel Katz with a “firm and powerfull” plan to respond to such a scenario, the prime minister added. “The ones who will control this territory /the West Bank/ and remain there are the Israeli Defence Forces. There will be no Arab army west of the Jordan River; there will be the Israeli Defence Forces,” Netanyahu stressed. Elections to the Knesset will be held on 27 October, after which the next government must be formed. The current Israeli government, headed by Netanyahu, was formed in late 2022.