Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed IDF reservists and conscripts on Tuesday amid a massive mobilization as the military prepares to conquer one of the last Hamas strongholds of Gaza City , calling it a “decisive stage” in the nearly two-year-long war.

“I stand by you, and express my deep appreciation for you, IDF soldiers and reserve soldiers, and your families,” Netanyahu said in a video statement. “I know that you have paid a heavy price—at work, with studies and at home.”

He reminded the troops why the war is being fought, calling it a “stubborn and just war without peer.”

“We do not forget for a moment what they did to us on Oct. 7, the beheadings, the women who were raped, the babies who were burned and the hostages who were taken into the tunnels in Gaza. We are

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