At the end of megillah reading today (Sunday) with soldiers of the IDF MIlitary Police's Erez Battalion, the Prime Minister told the troops: "As in ancient times, like our brothers, we are also united. We are fighting and will be victorious. We will enter Rafah and achieve total victory. We eliminated Haman and we will also eliminate Sinwar."
He also further emphasized the connection between the holiday and today:
"Today we mark the holiday of Purim. More than 2,000 years ago in ancient Persia, an antisemitic enemy arose, the wicked Haman, who sought to wipe the Jewish people off the face of the Earth. The Jews stood up, united together, fought and won a total victory."
"Today in modern Persia, there is a new enemy – the Iranian regime, which seeks to destroy the state of the Jews. We have already seen what Hamas, one of this enemy's proxies, did on October 7, which President Biden also called sheer evil."
