Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a swearing-in ceremony for new army chief Major General Benny Gantz, that The Israeli military is "ready for all eventualities" as the Arab and Muslim world undergoes "an earthquake".
"An earthquake is shaking the whole Arab world and a large part of the Muslim world and we don't yet know how these things will turn out, We are ready for all eventualities because we know that the foundation of our existence, and our capacity to convince our neighbors to live in peace with us, is based on the Israeli army" .