 wish a speedy recovery to all those who got windered. I spoke earlier with the father of Thomell, who told me in great pain on his son, Thomell, Eitam, and the rest of those who were murdered during this tear wave are the beautiful faces of our country. At the end of a long night, our forces were able to reach the terrorist and this is exactly what we're expecting from our soldiers. I would like to commend the IDF soldiers, the police officers, the squad units, unless they were capturing him so quickly and taking over. This could have ended completely different in a completely different manner. The assailant is 29-year-old from the area of Janine. Every murderer should know that we will get to them. Every single person who assists them needs to know that we will get to them, that the price that they will pay will be unbearable. I saw the father of the assailant praising him. We saw candies being distributed in Gaza and in the West Bank. These are the people we're handling. These are the people we're fighting. Their goal is to break our spirit, but they will never succeed. We will never break. The event in Tel Aviv has ended, but we are not reducing our alertness. We have convened this morning a security assessment with IDF, with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, with the Internal Security Minister Omar Balev, and the rest of the security apparatus. We grant full freedom of action to the IDF and all other security forces to fight terrorism. There is no and will not be any limitations on the war on terrorism. There are citizens we are in a challenging, difficult time. It might also be a prolonged one. The Second Intifada took several years, but we won at last. The tail wave of 2015, 2016 lasted for over a year and paid heavy prices, but at the end, we have won. And we will win this time again. Lone wolf assailants are indeed very challenging for the security apparatus, but it's a challenge that we will overcome. They will use every opportunity to hurt us. This and from the people who are celebrating the murder of Jews by spreading candies, I have no expectations, but we do need to have high expectations from ourselves. We as a nation, as a state, as people who will need to be resilient, will need to be on high alert, yes, every single one of us. But above all, the belief, the genuine belief in the just cause of our war, of our existence here, terror is not something that can not be overcome. Panic and hysteria are not an operational plan, I call here for the media too, to be responsible and not create panic. It is not a reality show. It's our lives. Our ability to stand strong in face of this terror wave is vital as a state. The core of our strength during these times is our ability to stand together, united, strong. With the help of God, this time too, we shall win. Citizens of Israel, we are in a moment of a very challenging time with a string of terror attacks within Israeli borders and operational alertness on all the borders. I would like to convey my deep appreciation to all the forces that are working around the clock to foil terror attacks and to handle them once they're taking place. The State of Israel is the strongest nation in the area. Everyone knows it, everyone feels that. The IDF and the rest of the security forces will continue to operate all the intelligence operations and alongside it all the offensive and defensive mechanisms to cut this terror wave as well as make sure that those who need will pay a heavy, heavy price. The same time, we're elevating the readiness of our operations on all the different borders. I would like to send my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded. The Israeli society, unfortunately, as well trained with terror waves and wars, we always won with an iron fist, an Israeli iron fist. Here, too, I call on all Israelis to continue with their normal lives as much as possible. Yes, you need to be on guard, need to be on alert, but our victory will be on maintaining the Israeli resilience by maintaining the routine lives. The Ramadan month should be time of religious freedom and family time. I believe that most Palestinians believe that the terror is hurting them as well. And the Muslims, Israeli citizens believe so, too, I assume. The Palestinian Authority that condemned the authority might demand from them is that operations against those who incite and operate for terror that they will work to foil it as well. We, of course, will not wait. The IDF, the Internal Security Agency, all the security establishment will continue to work, will increase the operations on the ground. We already carried out about 200 arrests, and there will be many more. We will not have collective punishment of the general public, but security comes before all else. Citizens of Israel, we are stronger than terror and from the heinous perpetrators of terror. We will want to gather through the security forces and while maintaining our collective unity as a society. First of all, I would like to send my condolences to the families of the victims and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded in this terror attack in Tel Aviv. Citizens of Israel and the residents of Tel Aviv went through a long-nerving night. The security forces operated throughout the night in a noteworthy manner. When they identified the terrorist, they captured him and killed him. In recent weeks, the State of Israel is under a heinous terror wave with heinous terrorists. It's a tense time in all areas, in all territories, and the security forces are working throughout the country on all borders, the police officers, the IDF, the rest of the security apparatus are working to our foiling multiple terror attacks aimed at targeting Israelis in major cities. We will continue to operate in every place in every territory to erase terrorism. We will not allow any terrorists or anyone who helps them to live one moment in peace, and we will get to them whether their dead are alive. We're during the month of Ramadan, which is a very sensitive time. We have no intention to harm the lives of those who simply want to exercise their religious obligation. But we will act resolutely and forcefully against everyone, trying to take advantage of that and carry out terror attacks. We'd like to thank the security forces that are working days and nights to allow all of us to continue with our lives. They're doing it with great devotion, with great commitment, and while endangering their own lives, and unfortunately, more than once, they're being killed while trying to do that. I wish us all a peaceful weekend. Thanks for staying with us. We just heard from Bennett and Gantz there during that press conference. Now we're going to go back to Martin Himmel, the political analyst who's still standing by for us. Martin, we just heard there from the leaders that there will be no limitations on the war. What does Bennett really mean when he says that statement? They'll take every method, every approach they feel that can ensure Israeli security. The question is, what are those methods and what are those approaches? Of course, there'll be intelligence. Of course, there will be targeted attacks to make sure that assailants won't reach their goal. But the major issue is will they take much more far-reaching measures to seal off to the West Bank with the security fence, which is so porous now, or not? And frankly speaking, I think if they don't take some significant step on that front, then we are going to see these attacks continue. I remember in the early 2000s with the Second Intifada, there was an extremely painful learning curve of many suicide attacks before Prime Minister Shoron finally accepted the fact that there has to be a security fence. I hope that it doesn't take this Israeli government many more painful attacks in order to realize that real steps have to be taken to plug all the holes in the security fence, especially around places near Janine that are flash points for possible terror attacks. Yes, it does make one think how many more lives need to be taken before real swift action is also taken by the government. But really powerful remarks earlier on from Bennett himself is that something very significant that some televisions were seen in the streets yesterday actually aiding the terrorist himself. So what more do you have to say about that? Well, it remains to be seen if there's going to be a fifth column. I don't think there will be a significant effort in that front from Israeli Arabs, et cetera. I think that there are some who would be sympathetic clearly, but I don't think it would be an organized effort. But all that really boils down to the same thing. If Israel provides a very credible deterrent to stop these attacks, then the wave will basically decrease. It's all based on a certain momentum. More attacks leads to more attacks. Cutting them down slows down the process and slows down the motivation. Thank you so much, Martin Himmel, their political analyst joining us from Tel Aviv in Israel. Thank you so much for your time once again. Appreciate it. Thank you. We are going back to our diplomatic correspondent. Still with me in the studio, Ellie Hockenberg is here to discuss a little bit about the remarks. We just heard the remarks from Bennett and Ganz. Just then, Ellie, Ganz was clearly saying that we will get to you when he's making reference to the terrorists themselves. But as I was just saying to Martin, how many more lives will it really take till they get to them before anything actually happens and more lives are taken? Yes, I would like to emphasize what we've heard from both Defense Minister, Ganz and Internal Security Minister Omar Balev when it comes to the desire of Israel to continue allowing for the Palestinian public all together and the Muslim public, rather more accurately, both here in Israel and in the West Bank to exercise with utmost freedom the rituals of the holiday of Ramadan. But most importantly, Sarah, the demand in his exact words, the demand from Benny Ganz to the Palestinian Authority to work against those who not just incite to terror, but carry out terror attacks, saying condemnations are not enough. I'm demanding you, and again, this comes just three days after Ganz talked with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, demanding you to be proactive. Condemnations are simply not enough. Security, the security of the citizens of Israel comes before all else. We want to allow, again, Ramadan to be celebrated to the fullest. But if the situation on the ground will continue as such, there'll be no other choice but to impose harsh limitations. And obviously the situation of the movement of illegal Palestinian workers from the West Bank into major Israeli cities is something that the security establishment and the government will have to deal with in the coming days. Thank you so much, Ellie. Obviously, what's happening fundamentally changes the security and diplomatic of reality between Israelis and Palestinians. Well, that's all we have time for for now, but we are bringing you more on this breaking story across the morning. For now, though, you can follow us. We're on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We're also online.