Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night said he was reinstating Yoav Gallant to his post as defense minister amid a wave of deadly terror attacks, which he blamed on the previous government.

Netanyahu opened his address on Monday by blaming the previous government, and specifically its decision to broker a controversial gas deal with Lebanon, for the current wave of terror.

“Our country is under terrorist assault but it did not start now. During the previous Passover, a similar provocation took place on the Temple Mount. Last year, under the previous government, the number of terrorist attacks doubled. The previous government signed an agreement with Hezbollah in which it handed over our gas territories and gas reservoirs to the enemy without anything in return. It assured us that this surrender agreement would distance the confrontations with the terrorist organizations,” Netanyahu said.

He went on to blame Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and the anti-government movement resulting from opposition to the judicial reform for “weakening our national resilience.”

“Our enemy hears and sees everything and they believe that they will be able to attack us with combined terrorist attacks from Lebanon, Syria and Gaza,” he said.

“Now this is our watch and our responsibility, especially mine. I do not act recklessly but firmly, decisively and above all responsibly. We will repel these dangers and defeat our enemy. We have done it in the past and we will do so this time as well,” he said.

“We will find all the terrorists and make them pay the price,” said Netanyahu.