Netanyahu praises sacrifice of fallen IDF soldiers during DC visit
The Israeli Prime Minister met Donald Trump at the White House and announced he was nominating the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize
Benjamin Netanyahu has described “the entire people of Israel” as mourning the death of IDF soldiers killed yesterday in Gaza, after a roadside bomb was detonated in the north of the Strip.
Five soldiers died in the blast yesterday in Beit Hanoun – four of them from the strictly Orthodox Netzach Yehudah battalion – and fourteen were injured. In a statement from Washington DC, the Israeli Prime Minister said:
“On this difficult morning, the entire people of Israel bow their heads and mourn the deaths of our heroic fighters, who sacrificed their lives in the campaign to defeat Hamas and free all of our hostages. We embrace the families who lost their loved ones and pray for the full recovery of those wounded in the incident.”
The IDF confirmed the names of those killed; the four from the Netzach Yehudah battalion were Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, 20, Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, 20 and Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, 20 – all from Jerusalem, and Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll, 21, from Beit Shemesh. Sgt. First Class Benyamin Asulin, 28, from Haifa, of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, was also killed.
The Israeli Prime Minister is in Washington to meet Donald Trump, in the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since the recent escalation with Iran.
During dinner at the White House, Netanyahu announced that he was nominating the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize, handing the nomination letter to Trump in front of the cameras.
The two leaders discussed a potential ceasefire in Gaza and a potential agreement with Syria, as well as the recently targeted Iranian nuclear programme.
Netanyahu said that “we’ll work out a peace [deal] with our Palestinian neighbours, those who don’t want to destroy us, and we’ll work out a peace in which our security, the sovereign power of security, always remains in our hands.”
The Nobel nomination letter, which was later published by Netanyahu’s office, describes Trump as having “demonstrated steadfast and exceptional dedication to promoting peace, security and stability around the world”, citing his “pivotal role in facilitating the Abraham Accords.”
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