I would like to update you on what we did in Syria, and what we will do in Syria. We have set a clear policy: demilitarizing the area south of Damascus, from the Golan Heights to the Druze Mountains area, is one line. The second line - protecting the brothers of our brothers, the Druze in the Druze Mountains.

Both of these things were violated by the regime in Damascus. It sent an army south of Damascus, into the area that should be demilitarized, and it began massacring the Druze. We could not accept this in any way.

Therefore, I instructed the IDF to act - and to act with force. The Air Force attacked both the murder gangs and the armored personnel carriers. I also added a target to attack the Defense Ministry in Damascus.

As a result of this intense activity, a ceasefire was established, and the Syrian forces withdrew back to Damascus. This is important.

This is a ceasefire that was achieved through force. Not through requests, not through pleas - through force. We achieve peace through strength, tranquility through strength, security through strength - on seven fronts.

This will also be the continuation of our policy - we will not allow military forces to descend south of Damascus, we will not allow the Druze to be harmed in Jebel Druze.

I want to share with you something that has moved me greatly in the last two days. Sheikh Mwafaq Tarif, the leader of the Druze in Israel, approached me.

He told me the following: 'During the Holocaust, when they massacred you, you Jews, called for help, and no one came. Today, we, the Druze, are being massacred, and we are calling for the help of the State of Israel.'

And I said - he is right.

We acted, and we will continue to act as necessary.