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An Amra state command of the Nigeria
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Police Force has attributed the cause of
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mass killing or massacre of a particular
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ethnic group of Aoni indigens at Ogboji
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community in Arumba South local
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government area of the state on Monday
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at the late hour of the every Monday sit
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at home. Most people in the southeast
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states used as meeting days to an
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internal crisis rocking members of the
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association of the Abonyi Development
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Town Union in Anra state with the
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commissioner of police Ikyo Oratugu
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stating in a statement issued after he
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personally visited the scene of crime on
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Wednesday that the group attacked were
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members of the factional union of Abani
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people living in Agboji with the
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survivors testimony suggesting that the
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massacre was initially an assassination
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plot targeted at the faction. leader of
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the group. But after the suspected
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assassins identified and shot dead the
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leader of the Aoni Union factional
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group, the gang leader of the suspected
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assassins ordered his men to shoot at
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everyone already lying face down.
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Probably because almost all of them
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refused to point or show the suspected
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assassins the leader of the factional
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Abonyi group. While some of the
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survivors said they thought the
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suspected assassins who came with two
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white Sienna minivans were security
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operatives who came only to scatter the
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meeting. According to the state police
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command spokesperson SP Toshukua in an
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interview on Thursday, NDA did not
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murder Abonyi indigens in the state. The
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culprits are criminals hiding under the
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umbrella of the good people of a Bongi
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town union in Ogboji, Aumba South local
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government area that committed the
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cowardly act. We already have one
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suspect in custody and shall definitely
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hunt others down. One of the survivors
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who spoke in his native language at the
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hospital bed narrated how he was shot
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twice to force him to reveal the
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identity of the leader of the group,
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which according to the survivor, the
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suspected assassins mentioned the full
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name of their target and shot him first
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time and threatened to kill him if he
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refused to show them the person. And
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after killing their target, Augustine
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Odogu, the suspected assassins shot him
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again the second time. Details of the
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survivor's statements as transcribed and
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translated by Punch newspaper are
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presented below. A survivor of the
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massacre of Aoni indigens in Ogboji, an
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amber state, has shared a harrowing
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account of how gunman turned a peaceful
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community meeting into a bloodbath,
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killing at least 11 people and injuring
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many others. Ano Vag Godwin, a member of
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the Aboni State Welfare Association in
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Ogboji, narrowly escaped with his life
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after sustaining gunshot wounds to his
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hand and stomach. Speaking from his
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hospital bed, Godwin described the
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terrifying moment armed men invaded
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their monthly meeting and opened fire
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A video of his testimony delivered in
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his native dialect, has since gone viral
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on social media. Godwin who hails from
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Inyagu IQ local government area of Aoni
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state recounted that the attackers
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struck as the group was about to
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conclude its general meeting. We used to
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have our meeting two times a month. That
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day was our general meeting of Aoni
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State Welfare Association in Ogbo he
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said his voice faint but steady. Towards
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evening when we were about closing the
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meeting some people carrying guns came
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in. We thought they were policemen who
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came for mass arrests. We didn't know
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they were on a mission to kill. After
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watching his elder brother, innocent
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Idibia aka Twoface, Two Barber took to
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Instagram social media early morning
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midnight on Wednesday to post a video of
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him Twoface apologizing to Natasha
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Asawaru and the general public over the
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opinion he had expressed in a podcast
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interview. The African Queen Music
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Maestro's younger brother, Charles Idia,
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aka Charlie Brave, also took to
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Instagram nearly around noon on
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Wednesday to narrate how his elder
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brother Twoface is currently and
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allegedly living in bondage in the hand
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of Natasha Asawu, specifically stating
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that it was Natasha Asawaru who used
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Twoface social media handle to announce
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to the public Twofac's marriage breakup
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with Annie McCauley, adding Natasha
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Asawu do go through Twoface phone.
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deleting WhatsApp messages she does not
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like. Narrating also how Natasha Asawaru
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allegedly impersonated Twofaced by thus
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writing on Twoface social media page
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where the allegedly impersonated Twoface
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was seen to have asked the general
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public to help him beg Natasha Asawaru
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to marry him. This Charles Idia said his
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elder brother Tarbera has moved from a
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frying pan that almost killed him to an
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industrial furnace that will completely
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destroy him and his career legacy. In
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the lengthy statement, Charles Idia said
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to my dear at official to Barber, there
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are not enough words in English to
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express how much I love you, so I won't
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even try. To the gentle, kind, loving,
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peaceful being. To the guy who would not
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intentionally hurt a fly, who would take
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losses in several businesses just to
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avoid any form of confrontations. Who
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makes sure everyone around is
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comfortable even though he is not all
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right, who gets mute and watches himself
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being painted as the bad guy just to
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protect the same person painting him as
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the bad guy. to the guy who I would dare
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to describe as the modern-day Jesus
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Christ from Nigeria because of how
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innocent and pure your heart is, but you
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will also be crucified by religious
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standards to the most insanely talented
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musician that has ever graced my ears. I
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beg you today to wake up. It can never
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be a crime to save yourself, to move on
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from where you were almost losing your
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life and soul. But you haven't moved on.
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You have been captured. captured from
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inside the frying pan to an industrial
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furnace. So, my heart bleeds. It's one
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thing for a girlfriend to snoop in your
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phone and read messages out of curiosity
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or for other relationship reasons. It
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can even come off as cute, but a
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girlfriend who breaks into your phone to
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announce your divorce because she had
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doubts about you going through with it.
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Who posts and deletes a picture of
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herself on your socials and ask
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Nigerians to help you beg her to marry
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her while you sleep. who clones your
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WhatsApp, deletes messages she doesn't
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like, and replies messages pretending to
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be you to steamroll her agendas. A
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control freak inside your emails and
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your accounts who convinces you to
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abandon your management and businesses
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in Lagos and move to Abuja just to
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become her arm candy and dragged all
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over Benin and to places the real you
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will definitely not go. Who would make
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you defend lies and tolerate chaos? Who
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would sabotage your business trips? who
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would do a whole lot of rubbish. I will
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not mention here out of shame and hide
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under your name who would adopt your
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surname, tell strangers and whoever can.
7:02
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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traveled to the United States, US, and
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held meetings with President Donald
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Trump, only returned from the official
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trip and intensified more aggressive
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military campaigns in Gaza and staged a
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military confrontation with Iran, which
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led to the killing of almost 1,000
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Iranians in a 12-day war with the
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Islamic country. this. On Tuesday, Prime
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Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his
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cabinet members that he will travel to
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the US next week to hold very important
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security meetings with President Donald
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Trump and the US lawmakers amongst
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others, while specifically telling the
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cabinet members that the details of the
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scheduled meetings are things he cannot
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reveal at the briefing. According to
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, I am
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due to leave next week for meetings in
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the US with US President Donald Trump,
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Vice President Vance, Secretary of State
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and National Security Adviser Marco
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Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hexith,
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the President's Envoy to the Middle
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East, Steve Wickoff, the Commerce
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Secretary. We have several items to
8:09
close beforehand in order to reach the
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trade agreement and several additional
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matters. meetings with congressional and
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senate leaders and security meetings
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which I will not detail here. These come
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in the wake of the great victory that we
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achieved in operation rising lion.
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Taking advantage of the success is no
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less an important part of achieving the
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success. On two issues, I would like to
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thank you ministers of the government.
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You are doing the work. You have done
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and are doing critical work to realize
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these achievements. Of course, I would
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like to expedite the rebuilding which
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includes almost all if not all of the
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ministries here. I think that there is
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great value in this that there should be
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a unification of forces here. This finds
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expression among the people but also in
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the government and the Knesset. I must
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also say something about the opposition
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which during the great challenge lined
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up almost all of them. This is important
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and I hope that it will be preserved as
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a compass for the future. In any case,
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each and every one of you has my
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gratitude for the exceptional
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cooperation and for the excellent work.
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Thank you very much. While the prime
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minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting at
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the Kuya in Tel Aviv with the IDF
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general staff forum together with
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defense minister Israel Katz and IDF
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chief of staff left tenant general Al
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Zamir. The prime minister commended the
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major generals of the IDF for their part
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in operation rising lion in Iran and
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thanked them for their contribution to
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ensuring the eternity of Israel.
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Personally, I would like to express
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immense appreciation and gratitude to
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you, Defense Minister Israel Katz, to
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you IDF Chief of Staff Al Zamir, and to
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you, the members of the General Staff
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Forum, for perfectly executing the
10:01
missions that we set. A people that
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rises up as a lion, and much more. Over
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the centuries of our exile, the Jewish
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people lost the ability to oppose those
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who attacked it. We became as a leaf
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driven in the wind a people that
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experienced exile, pograms, murders and
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in the end the worst act of murder in
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history. When the fathers of Zionism
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130 years ago, most of them did not
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think that the attack
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